GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Free and open access to biodiversity data

Leptodictya bambusae Drake, 1918 collected in Puerto Rico by J. Ramos. Photo via University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Invertebrate Collection.

What is GBIF?

GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.

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