etn 0.3.0 We released a new version of our R package etn.

📦 We just released a new major version (3.0.0) of our R package {etn}. Use it to query animal tracking data from the @aquatictracking.bsky.social database.

⛓️‍💥 Previous versions were restricted to use on an RStudio server. You can now use {etn} from anywhere! #rstats

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/etn-3-0-0

Frictionless Data 101: How to document and validate datasets or create community standards with the Data Package standard Talk at <a href="https://livingdata2025.com/">Living Data 2025</a> in Bogota, Colombia - October 24, 2025. Abstract: https://livingdata2025.com/progr&hellip;

Have (tabular) datasets to describe? Or standards to maintain?

Data Package can help! 💚

I presented an introduction to this generic, simple, open and extensible standard at #LivingData2025.

speakerdeck.com/peterdesmet/...

@okfn.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org

Animal niches in the airspace For flying animals, including many birds, bats, and insects, the air is a crucial arena for a range of behaviors. Technological advances, such as year-round tracking of flight altitudes and expanded u...

Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

"Bright, big-brained birds boldly breaking boundaries" 😂👌

This excellent title and more in @gbif.org's latest report on how GBIF data are used for research: www.gbif.org/science-review

movepub 0.4.0 We released a new version of our R package movepub.

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package movepub.

🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...

#rstats #biologging

If it becomes the authoritative one, even better, because through Checklistbank it could then become a/the source on birds for Catalogue of Life. ✅

I don’t have an answer to that, but seems like a good question to ask at on of the @wildlabs.bsky.social forums.

camtrapdp 0.4.0 We released a new version of our R package camtrapdp.

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.

🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...

#rstats #cameratrapping

Congrats! 🦜 Looks like a perfect candidate to submit to Checklistbank to increase discoverability and reuse. Can be done through @GBIF.org, see www.checklistbank.org/about/contri...

Join us today at 16:00 CEST for a @wildlabs.bsky.social webinar! We'll be discussing an exchange standard for bioacoustic data. Register here: wildlabs.net/event/standa...

With @peterdesmet.com, @bencretois.bsky.social and Julia Wiel

Cool! Is these monitoring data that will go into the European Seabirds at Sea database? esas.ices.dk

📢 B-Cubed has launched its revamped Guides and Tutorials platform, offering a clearer structure and improved usability for #biodiversitydata users. Access step-by-step guidance on tools, workflows, and policy support ⚙️

🔦 Explore the updated platform: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...

@gbif.org @ipbes.net

🔔 Mark your calendar for the upcoming practical training session on 14 May hosted by @gbif.org 📊

#DataOccurrenceCubes #DataCubes #BiodiversityData #DataUseClub @inbo.be

An outcome of years of collaboration among ecologists, meteorologists and open science developers, working together to support a broader research community #ornithology and radar aeroecology. Supported by eCOST, @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and more.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Safe and Sound: a standard for bioacoustic data | WILDLABS BackgroundThanks to the Boring Fund, we are developing a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data.Why it’s important: PAM is rapidly growing, but a core bottleneck is the lack of acc...

We're working on a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data! 📡🎙️ Hopefully this will boost data sharing, FAIR access & large-scale studies. 🧪 Read about our proposed standard & join our May webinar via @wildlabs.bsky.social

More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...

📢 News from our @b-cubed.eu consortium includes the launch of a simple, easy-to-use service for creating & downloading #species #occurrence cubes based on @gbif.org!

📹 Hear more about it from @cabbageleek.bsky.social (Meise Botanic Garden) and Andrew Rodrigues ( @gbif.org) in this short video:

green graphic with various biological drawings

🎥 Better than the original: New SQL-based service enables download of occurrence data cube

GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.

Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be

gbif.link/data-cubes

🙌🏾 Next week we'll be discussing the future of #FrictionlessData from the perspective of #TheTechWeWant initiative – @okfn.bsky.social's ambitious effort to reimagine how technology is built and used.

👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF

#DataPackage
#OpenData

European data on animals aloft now publicly available Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...

Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.

Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L

Like two peas in a pod - The Legume Data Portal 🤝GBIF

This portal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag.

🔗 www.legumedata.org/ #HostedPortal

Current one, 4 or 1 (not 3). 🛡️

How I built Geolocator DP using open source code New standard and software for geolocator data was inspired by tools developed by the Open science lab of biodiversity.

We create #opensource code, but what is its impact?

Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹

Come do some exciting migratory insect and bird research with us! - Two more weeks until application deadline.
#entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology

Release petridish 3.1 · peterdesmet/petridish Homepage Breaking! The Twitter feed (tweets_on_home: true) is no longer supported. This functionality no longer worked with the change from Twitter to X. With the removal of the Twitter feed, the ...

I released a new version of ✨Petridish✨, the free Jekyll theme for research project websites. 🧫

It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...

😂 His “Why am I soft in the middle now?” seems to indicate he’s not very thrilled about it. (I am)

Fig 2 from Davidson et al. outlining proposed set of standards for bio-logging data.

New Perspective:

Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril

Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.

Is there a bias towards genera that start with A? 😊