Here’s a list of iNat updates for December 2024.
General
- iNaturalist passed the 500k taxa observed mark!
- iNaturalist hired several new staff members as well as new members to its board of directors.
- The iNat team continues to gather feedback for the iNaturalist Next app, which has been soft-launched for iPhones.
- Continued work on API v2 - curators can test it and provide feedback, see this topic
- Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help
Website
- Various small bug fixes and changes.
Android
- Version 1.36.2 (622) released, with small bug fixes.
- The Android app’s replacement continues to be in pre-Alpha testing
Legacy iOS & iPadOS
- No new version released
Seek
- Released December challenge
- No new version released
- Beta testing with an updated onboard suggestions model
iNaturalist Next (currently iPhone only)
- Version 0.55.3 released, which features support for collection projects, offline taxa search, a notifications tab for observations you’re following, and pull-to-refresh on My Observations, Explore, and Notifications
- Please provide feedback if you’re using it!
iNat Blog
- December 10th: A Cold Day to See a Cool Cat - Observation of the Week, 12/10/24
- December 10th: November 2024 News Highlights
- December 13th: The iNaturalist Team is Growing!
- December 17th: iNaturalist and KARMA: A New Way to Support Biodiversity
- December 18th: 500,000 Taxa on iNaturalist!
- December 23rd: Identifier Profile: @nmhernandez
- December 24th: Another Plant First on iNat! - Observation of the Week, 12/24/24
- December 31st: So…Much…Color… - Observation of the Week, 12/31/24
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.