# \#news **URL:** https://forum.inaturalist.org/tag/news/44.md [Latest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inaturalist.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inaturalist.org/tags.md) --- ## [Gus Mills - a wild life](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/gus-mills-a-wild-life/81811)
**Author:** [@nyenyedzi](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nyenyedzi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/gus-mills-a-wild-life/81811 "2026-07-13T12:32:26Z")
My uncle Gus Mills died this morning. He was an amazing uncle, but also my original nature inspiration. When he married my aunt at the start of the 1970s, their “honeymoon” was spent setting up a caravan in the Kgalagadi… --- ## [Our First Pollination Ecology Study with iNaturalist](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/our-first-pollination-ecology-study-with-inaturalist/79445)
**Author:** [@danielvelascoc](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danielvelascoc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/our-first-pollination-ecology-study-with-inaturalist/79445 "2026-05-27T19:00:20Z")
Hi everyone, I would like to share a recent preprint from an ongoing project exploring plant–pollinator interactions in Quito, Ecuador using iNaturalist observations and citizen science data. The study focuses on hymen… --- ## [iNat alledged as source of deadly mushrooms in Australian triple murder trial](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-alledged-as-source-of-deadly-mushrooms-in-australian-triple-murder-trial/64622)
**Author:** [@amberbc](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/amberbc)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-alledged-as-source-of-deadly-mushrooms-in-australian-triple-murder-trial/64622 "2026-04-10T00:35:37Z")
In the Australia’s mushroom murders trial, prosecutors alledge iNaturalist was used by Erin Patterson to locate and collect the toxic death cap mushrooms Amanita phalloides which were cooked into a fatal family lunch. Th… --- ## [New frog species just identified/named in Brazil](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-frog-species-just-identified-named-in-brazil/73646)
**Author:** [@asteroidowl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/asteroidowl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-frog-species-just-identified-named-in-brazil/73646 "2025-12-13T02:32:22Z")
Pumpkin spice frog! Just kidding. It’s cute: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-species-of-tiny-pumpkin-toadlet-discovered-in-brazils-cloud-forests From the article: “It belongs to the Brachycephalidae family, scientists… --- ## [Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa with the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/celebrating-100-000-modeled-taxa-with-the-inaturalist-open-range-map-dataset/62138)
**Author:** [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/celebrating-100-000-modeled-taxa-with-the-inaturalist-open-range-map-dataset/62138 "2025-04-16T03:05:02Z")
If you haven’t seen the announcement, the latest Computer Vision model, released today, has over 100k taxa in it! We also made geomodel range maps for all taxa in the model available to download. Check out the blog post… --- ## [Better Image Matches: Photo Similarity Update to Computer Vision Suggestions](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/better-image-matches-photo-similarity-update-to-computer-vision-suggestions/61909)
**Author:** [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/better-image-matches-photo-similarity-update-to-computer-vision-suggestions/61909 "2025-04-14T08:47:27Z")
In case you missed the announcement on the website, we just rolled out new functionality for Computer Vision ID suggestions! Suggestions will now display the taxon photo that’s most visually similar to the observation ph… --- ## [My work as a Curator here ended up becoming a paper!](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-work-as-a-curator-here-ended-up-becoming-a-paper/55044)
**Author:** [@edgar\_crispino](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/edgar_crispino)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-work-as-a-curator-here-ended-up-becoming-a-paper/55044 "2024-09-28T06:46:53Z")
Back in 2023 another user and friend of mine (@gafischer) came to me with a request: to add some species to Pampa, a genus of Zygaenidae moth, to th iNat database. Much to my surprise, at first glance the only Pampa that… --- ## [Results: The World's Largest Sample of Indoor Organisms](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/results-the-worlds-largest-sample-of-indoor-organisms/48822)
**Author:** [@bradleyallf](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bradleyallf)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/results-the-worlds-largest-sample-of-indoor-organisms/48822 "2024-04-24T15:40:07Z")
In 2018, the Dunn Lab at North Carolina State University started the iNaturalist project “Never Home Alone: The Wild Life of Homes.” The goal of our project was to collect observations of organisms seen indoors from all … --- ## [Coyote catches Bat at Spurs game in San Antonio](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/coyote-catches-bat-at-spurs-game-in-san-antonio/48548)
**Author:** [@GothHobbit](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/GothHobbit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/coyote-catches-bat-at-spurs-game-in-san-antonio/48548 "2024-01-28T12:46:35Z")
No, seriously. No word on what species of bat it was. :bat: :bat: :bat: Also: Cat at the center of viral video taken while being smuggled through Denver International Airport finds a new home at the Denver Zoo. “Dia” … --- ## [New Hiding Content Functionality Added](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-hiding-content-functionality-added/44709)
**Author:** [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-hiding-content-functionality-added/44709 "2023-12-15T23:46:21Z")
Today we’ve added new hiding content functionality for iNat site curators. In addition to comments on observation pages, curators are now able to hide the following from public view: comments on other pages like journa… --- ## [iNaturalist receives $10 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-receives-10-million-grant-from-the-gordon-and-betty-moore-foundation/45134)
**Author:** [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-receives-10-million-grant-from-the-gordon-and-betty-moore-foundation/45134 "2023-10-13T13:26:52Z")
I imagine some or most of you have already seen the announcement on the iNat website, but if you haven’t, iNaturalist has received a US$10 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Part of this grant com… --- ## [Inaturalist in the News : Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India) biodiversity project clocks 37,000 observations](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-in-the-news-chennai-tamil-nadu-india-biodiversity-project-clocks-37-000-observations/32142)
**Author:** [@ram\_k](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ram_k)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-in-the-news-chennai-tamil-nadu-india-biodiversity-project-clocks-37-000-observations/32142 "2022-05-25T17:32:46Z")
Yet another news article , and one that has a lot of details of how inaturalist was used. Chennai biodiversity project clocks 37,000 observations in three years; documentation of ‘nearby nature’ proliferates during the … --- ## [News article: iNaturalist used to document newt roadkill in California](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/news-article-inaturalist-used-to-document-newt-roadkill-in-california/30641)
**Author:** [@ram\_k](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ram_k)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/news-article-inaturalist-used-to-document-newt-roadkill-in-california/30641 "2022-03-28T14:36:15Z")
Hi So inaturalist is in the news again How does a newt cross the road? The teams trying to end a nightly carnage Volunteers work quickly to photograph and geotag each newt – whether dead or alive – that they spot on t… --- ## [INat in the News - Joros spiders (phys.org)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-in-the-news-joros-spiders-phys-org/30113)
**Author:** [@ecovrar](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ecovrar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-in-the-news-joros-spiders-phys-org/30113 "2022-03-05T13:25:02Z")
INat was mentioned as a data source for a recently published University of Georgia study on range expansion for the introduced Joros spider (Trichonephila clavata): " The researchers used records from iNaturalist to trac… --- ## [Cryptic diversity in parasitoid wasps: iNat gets a shout out in the NYTimes](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cryptic-diversity-in-parasitoid-wasps-inat-gets-a-shout-out-in-the-nytimes/29789)
**Author:** [@andy71](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andy71)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cryptic-diversity-in-parasitoid-wasps-inat-gets-a-shout-out-in-the-nytimes/29789 "2022-02-17T23:32:02Z")
Coverage of some hardcore insect systematics/taxonomy in the New York Times (strangely). iNaturalist gets a shout out! A small parasitic wasp Ormyrus labotus, once thought to be a generalist gall-piercer, appears to be… --- ## [Hey Sam, you are featured in my college Bio II class!](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hey-sam-you-are-featured-in-my-college-bio-ii-class/20074)
**Author:** [@cammie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cammie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hey-sam-you-are-featured-in-my-college-bio-ii-class/20074 "2021-02-13T18:51:53Z")
@sambiology inaturalist is incorporated into my college course this semester and your video is used as the introduction to inat! As soon as I saw your name I was like, “I know that guy! He helps me ID stuff!!!” :joy: ht… --- ## [iNaturalist Chile!](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-chile/20243)
**Author:** [@RangerMyles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/RangerMyles)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-chile/20243 "2021-02-13T03:55:24Z")
Chile becomes the 12th country to join the iNaturalist Network! I am so happy about this and I really want to share the news! Check it out! https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/46353-welcome-inaturalist-chile-bienvenido-i… --- ## [iNaturalist observations informed scientific models: Huckleberries and climate change](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-observations-informed-scientific-models-huckleberries-and-climate-change/13254)
**Author:** [@joeek](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/joeek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-observations-informed-scientific-models-huckleberries-and-climate-change/13254 "2020-06-13T13:06:18Z")
Thought I would share this story here (given that it is an example of where iNaturalist can help environmental science). Inspiration for more iNaturalist observation-ing! :) It’s story about Huckleberry responses to cl… --- ## [Supposed return of the Malabar Civet during the COVID-19 pandemic, a mammal so rare that some believed it had gone extinct](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/supposed-return-of-the-malabar-civet-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-mammal-so-rare-that-some-believed-it-had-gone-extinct/11009)
**Author:** [@bobby23](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bobby23)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/supposed-return-of-the-malabar-civet-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-mammal-so-rare-that-some-believed-it-had-gone-extinct/11009 "2020-03-27T14:48:18Z")
The Malabar civet is a Critically Endangered mesopredator from southwestern India. It has not been seen since the 90s and a subsequent attempt to locate individuals in 2014 failed to find any. Some people assume that i… --- ## [iNat in the news(letter)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-in-the-news-letter/6309)
**Author:** [@mira\_l\_b](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mira_l_b)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-in-the-news-letter/6309 "2019-09-05T16:42:42Z")
Not sure if people in other countries or other parts of this country will care about a highly local newsletter shout-out but here ya go!: https://midhudsonadk.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/adkfall2019rev.pdf I feel more …