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Screenshot of the global canopy height layer displayed in a purple-orange color ramp and centered over the southern Amazon region in South America.
October 31, 2023

Computer vision team of ETH Zurich teams up with Yale’s BGC Center to publish a 10m resolution global map of canopy height

Map of Life
Screenshot of a selected protected area over a satellite-image map backdrop. An inset pointing to the area displays a list of taxa and the number of species in that taxa (that occur in the selected area).
October 30, 2023

Map of Life Launches New Regions Tool for Getting Species Lists Anywhere

Events
Map of Life
GEO BON 2023 Conference logo.
October 27, 2023

BGC Members Showcase New Research, Map of Life tools at GEO BON 2023 Conference

Publications
September 14, 2023

BGC Center Researchers Propose a New Globally Integrated Structure of Taxonomy

Publications
Biodiversity Movement
A bird with a light brown back and wings and yellow underside standing on a roof.
August 25, 2023

COVID lockdowns spur a new framework for studying human-wildlife interaction

Map of Life
Events
Two people standing side by side against a leafy background. The person in front wears a VR goggle headset and is operating a controller while the person in the back holds a cell phone connected via a cable to the goggles headset.
July 24, 2023

Map of Life Rapid Assessments Team one of six Finalists for XPRIZE Rainforest

Publications
Spatial Biodiversity Modeling
A nocturnal camera trap photo of an anteater. The animal walks from left to right in the image and has the characteristic long nose of its species.
June 21, 2023

Be Mindful of the (Data) Gaps

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
A figure depicting the three biodiversity indicators. In the center of the figure is a circle broken into three sections: one with the heading "Species Information Index" accompanied by a photo of a camera trap attached to a tree trunk and text reading "Where is current species data insufficient?", one with the heading "Species Protection Index" accompanied by a photo of a wildlife refuge sign and text reading "Where is additional protection most needed?", and one with the heading "Species Habitat Index" accompanied by a photo of a recently deforested area and text reading "Where are species gaining and losing habitat?". The center of the contains text reading "Conservation decision making support".
April 26, 2023

Biodiversity Indicators featured in Esri’s ArcNews Spring Newsletter

Biodiversity Movement
Events
A large grizzly bear stands in shallow water against a grassy background and looking toward the camera. Slightly visible around its neck is a GPS tracking collar.
January 31, 2023

At Yale symposium, experts envision the future of spaceborne animal tracking

Member Spotlight
A photo of Diego Ellis Soto on a rock climbing excursion. He i wearing a helmet over a beanie and is sitting at the edge of a cliff next to a large pile of rope, and he smiles up at the camera.
January 26, 2023

Diego Ellis Soto Wins Sidnie Manton Award, NASA FINESST Grant

Member Spotlight
A photo of Muyang Lu. Muyang stands in clothing store holding up a stuffed animal that appears to be a hippo with a wide smile. Muyang also smiles at the camera.
January 9, 2023

BGC Member Spotlight: Muyang Lu

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
Complex scientific figure. The central text reads "Measurement & Decision Support for Achieving Biodiversity Outcomes." This text is inside a triangle of arrows. The arrows point to: 1) "SHI. Ecosystems and Species Populations" accompanied by a photo of a snake, 2) "SPI. Protected Areas" accompanied by a photo of a toucan, and 3) "SII. Actionable Information" accompanied by a photo of a monkey.
December 21, 2022

BGC Guest-Authored Article Published on the Google Earth Blog

Biodiversity Indicators
Map of Life
A photo of the COP15 sign in Montreal. The letters are large an multicolored against a background of multicolored glass windows.
December 20, 2022

Map of Life Indicators formally adopted into the GBF at COP15

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
A collage photo of four species photos and a number corresponding to how much habitat that species has lost since 2001: a white-fronted brown lemur looking at the camera, 40% loss in habitat; a cluster of Honduran white bats nestled under a large leaf, 53% loss in habitat; a shining honeycreeper bird perched on a thin twig, 35% loss in habitat; and an Abah River flying frog with significant webbing between its toes and perched on a think stem, 35% loss in habitat.
December 10, 2022

New York Times Feature: Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live

Events
Several people seated in a line on stage in front of a backdrop reading "Our Shared Future, a Half-Earth Day celebration". A man in a suit is talking while the other on stage watch him.
October 14, 2022

BGC at Half-Earth Day Event: Our Shared Future

Member Spotlight
Headshot of Emily, a tall white woman with shoulder-length brown hair. She is smiling at the camera.
August 1, 2022

Emily L. Sandall, Ph.D. of Yale University Selected as AAAS S&T Policy Fellow

Publications
Map of Life
A figure from the Sandal et al. paper "Country-level checklists and occurrences for the world's Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)". The figure is titled "Species Richness" and shows a world map in the Mollweide projection with countries colored from dark blue to red. The figure legend shows that these colors correspond to species richness in the countries.
July 6, 2022

Global Country Checklists for Odonata

Events
Photo of three middle aged white men in business casual to business professional clothing standing next to each other and smiling at the camera.
April 21, 2022

Jack Dangermond and Sean Breyer of Esri Visit BGC

Publications
Map of Life
A figure from the Marsh et al. paper "Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities". The figure shows two columns and three rows of world maps. The first row is labelled as the Handbook of Mammals of the World, the second row is labelled as Illustrated Checklist of Mammals of the World, and the third row is labelled as the Mammal Diversity Database v1.2. According to the figure legends, the first column depicts the number of species and the second column depicts the difference in the number of species between the different sources.
April 12, 2022

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

Biodiversity Movement
Press Coverage
Scientific figure; A simplified global map in shades of light blue. Various animal movement tracks, depicted as straight lines connecting points, cover the map, with seven callouts showing zoomed-in views of the movement tracks and a photo of the species that made them.
March 29, 2022

ICARUS Highlighted in Science

Map of Life
October 30, 2023

Map of Life Launches New Regions Tool for Getting Species Lists Anywhere

Events
Map of Life
October 27, 2023

BGC Members Showcase New Research, Map of Life tools at GEO BON 2023 Conference

Map of Life
Events
July 24, 2023

Map of Life Rapid Assessments Team one of six Finalists for XPRIZE Rainforest

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
April 26, 2023

Biodiversity Indicators featured in Esri’s ArcNews Spring Newsletter

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
December 21, 2022

BGC Guest-Authored Article Published on the Google Earth Blog

Biodiversity Indicators
Map of Life
December 20, 2022

Map of Life Indicators formally adopted into the GBF at COP15

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
December 10, 2022

New York Times Feature: Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live

Publications
Map of Life
July 6, 2022

Global Country Checklists for Odonata

Publications
Map of Life
April 12, 2022

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

Map of Life
Biodiversity Indicators
January 3, 2022

2021 US Sustainable Development Report Incorporates Data from Map of Life's SPI

Map of Life
Press Coverage
November 22, 2021

Science Magazine mentions Map of Life in new article about how remote sensing tools can help study biodiversity

Events
Map of Life
October 21, 2021

Map of Life Data Manager Yanina Sica Organizes Symposium at TDWG 2021

Member Spotlight
Map of Life
July 26, 2021

BGC Member Spotlight: Yanina Sica

Map of Life
Publications
March 30, 2021

Introducing STOAT: A platform for the scale-conscious environmental annotation of biodiversity data

Map of Life
Publications
March 22, 2021

Mapping Undiscovered Species - New Study by BGC Center Researchers

Map of Life
May 7, 2020

Biodiversity Dashboard Officially Launched

Map of Life
December 19, 2019

Map of Life featured in Seeker: How close are we to discovering all life on earth?

Map of Life
Spatial Biodiversity Modeling
December 1, 2016

Mountain Biodiversity Portal launched

Map of Life
September 14, 2016

Map of Life and The Field Museum win MacArthur Foundation grant

Publications
Biodiversity Movement
August 25, 2023

COVID lockdowns spur a new framework for studying human-wildlife interaction

Biodiversity Movement
Events
January 31, 2023

At Yale symposium, experts envision the future of spaceborne animal tracking

Member Spotlight
January 26, 2023

Diego Ellis Soto Wins Sidnie Manton Award, NASA FINESST Grant

Biodiversity Movement
Press Coverage
March 29, 2022

ICARUS Highlighted in Science

Biodiversity Movement
February 23, 2022

MPYC flagship project receives endorsement by United Nations

Biodiversity Movement
February 1, 2022

Space station backflip reveals great views of the ICARUS antenna

Member Spotlight
November 24, 2021

BGC Member Spotlight: Scott Yanco

Member Spotlight
Press Coverage
November 11, 2021

BGC Member Diego Ellis Soto Featured in Children’s Book About Galápagos Tortoises

Press Coverage
Biodiversity Movement
October 19, 2021

MPYC Directors Walter Jetz & Martin Wikelski Explain Why Species Conservation Receives Less Attention than Climate Protection

Press Coverage
Biodiversity Movement
October 12, 2021

Washington Post features MPYC researchers

Biodiversity Movement
September 1, 2021

ICARUS Initiative Inspires New Documentary

Biodiversity Movement
August 19, 2021

Congratulations to Our 2021 MPYC Travel Grant Recipients!

Biodiversity Movement
August 2, 2021

1000 Cranes: Transforming our understanding of the lives of a group of enigmatic species

Publications
Biodiversity Movement
July 27, 2021

MPYC researchers gain insight into variation in individual environmental niches

Member Spotlight
Biodiversity Movement
July 13, 2021

BGC Member Spotlight: Diego Ellis Soto

Member Spotlight
Biodiversity Movement
February 4, 2021

BGC Member Spotlight: Ruth Oliver

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
April 26, 2023

Biodiversity Indicators featured in Esri’s ArcNews Spring Newsletter

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
December 21, 2022

BGC Guest-Authored Article Published on the Google Earth Blog

Biodiversity Indicators
Press Coverage
December 10, 2022

New York Times Feature: Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live

Biodiversity Movement
Press Coverage
March 29, 2022

ICARUS Highlighted in Science

Member Spotlight
Press Coverage
January 21, 2022

BGC Postgraduate Associate Maisha Lucas Helps Name New Ant Species

Press Coverage
Biodiversity Indicators
January 12, 2022

BGC Director Walter Jetz Discusses the Importance of Tracking Progress in Biodiversity Conservation

Map of Life
Press Coverage
November 22, 2021

Science Magazine mentions Map of Life in new article about how remote sensing tools can help study biodiversity

Member Spotlight
Press Coverage
November 11, 2021

BGC Member Diego Ellis Soto Featured in Children’s Book About Galápagos Tortoises

Press Coverage
Biodiversity Movement
October 19, 2021

MPYC Directors Walter Jetz & Martin Wikelski Explain Why Species Conservation Receives Less Attention than Climate Protection

Press Coverage
Biodiversity Movement
October 12, 2021

Washington Post features MPYC researchers

Publications
July 29, 2021

MPYC Co-Director Walter Jetz welcomes you to the Anthropause

Publications
Press Coverage
April 29, 2021

Study identifying dramatic loss in cloud cover biodiversity

Publications
Press Coverage
February 17, 2021

BGC’s Research Associate Discusses Biden’s 30x30 Conservation Plan

Spatial Biodiversity Modeling
Press Coverage
September 4, 2020

Blending with Biodiversity Layers from the Half Earth Project Featured in ArcGIS Blog

Biodiversity Movement
Press Coverage
June 18, 2020

ICARUS and MPYC Collaboration featured in NYT