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WoRMS will be at the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference (BEeS). Come and join us during the dedicated session "Taxonomy: Identifying the units of diversity in life" on July 1st. Program and registration: lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/

This week’s #MapOfTheWeek shows #seabird abundance and their protected habitats, with a special highlight on the conservation success story of the Sandwich Tern! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/map-week-sea-b… #WordAquaticAnimalDay #ForNature #MarineBiodiversity

FOD Public Health & Mobility & Transport launched an underwater noise info campaign, supported by #LifeWatch Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ. It raises awareness about activities like shipping, sonar, wind farm, and sand mining increasing sound pressure. ▶️Free materials underwaternoise.be

Meet the great Alexandrella wimdecocki, another new species named after our DMT colleague Wim Decock, who is retiring soon. mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

A first, very nice example of how #LifeWatch ETN can be used for meta-analyses & collaborative research! Meta-analysis of tracking data reveals variable arrival times of European eels at sea for spawning, influenced by migration speed & geographic location tinyurl.com/mrc46dps

Currently in Rome for the MareGraph General Assembly (27-28 May 2025) with imec Digitaal Vlaanderen CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche UGent maregraph.eu/about/ continued work on marine Linked #OpenData standards

#NewDataset Happywhale - Fin whale in North Atlantic Ocean > 232 occurrences > #Balaenopteridae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS

Introducing the World List of Octocorallia, a companion to the World Lists of Actiniaria and Scleractinia marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies

Schools awarded the EU Blue School label for their research on marine litter and biodiversity, following the principles of the #LifeWatch citizen science initiative SeaWatch-B. 👉Read more: nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2025061… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ Provincie West-Vlaanderen #HorizonEducatief

Awardees for the 2025 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researcher Award: Sammy De Grave & Sávio Gabriel Gomes Pereira marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies

Curious about current citizen science projects and how people are helping advance scientific research? Find out tomorrow at the Citizen Science Fair in Brussels! The #LifeWatch Big Seashell Survey will be there – come say hi! 🐚 👉 scivil.be/en/event/citiz…

EurOBIS harvest 13 Updated and 29 #NewDataset ! >3 263 257 new occurrence records Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ OBIS Marbec Deltares ICES SMHI IUI-Eilat Universidade de Vigo Aarhus Universitet @udsmofficial British Oceanographic Data Centre Universidad Oviedo @futurismoazores Sea Watch Foundation Bangor University CNR ISP CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche @cafoscari

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct #marinespecies forbes.com/sites/grrlscie…

This week we are at the LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Conference at imbbc-hcmr We are chairing a session dedicated to Taxonomy later today. Come and play our “Shell I reveal myself” game at our booth! lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/

1 0, 0 0 0 citation 🎉 WoRMS recently reached 10k citation in scientific literature! With the help of the Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ Library, these citations are carefully curated in the MarineInfo database (IMIS) marinespecies.org/wormsliteratur… #marinespeices LifeWatch VLIZ UN Ocean Decade

The LifeWatch VLIZ SeaWatch‑B reports a 7× surge in venomous lesser weever fish along the Belgian North Sea! With waters already at 20–22 °C this early summer, stings are more likely. Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ #marinecitizenscience 👉lifewatch.be/news/sevenfold…

#UpdateDataset Green turtles in the Canary Islands > 4 occurrences from #Spain > #Cheloniidae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS SEATURTLE.ORG

Jul 2025 version of the Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG) released for download: 515,601 genus names (+6,7k new) irmng.org/download.php LifeWatch VLIZ Tony Rees UN Ocean Decade #marinespecies

#NewDataset Happywhale - Short-beaked common dolphin in North Atlantic Ocean > 18 occurrences > #Delphinidae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS

NELOS divers are now using WoRMS in their digital dive log! Each recorded species is linked to a scientific name and AphiaID — a great step toward supporting citizen science & marine biodiversity research. 👉Read more: lifewatch.be/news/nelos-div… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ LifeWatch VLIZ