It Turned into a BioBlitz!

Read Kelly O’Donnell and Lisa Brundage’s chapter “It Turned into a Bioblitz: Urban Data Collection for Building Scientific Literacy and Environmental Connection,” published in Transforming Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity.

iNaturalist Data Download Guide

Follow these instructions for downloading CSV files directly from iNaturalist.

2024 Van Cortlandt Park BioBlitz Data

Last Updated: October 22, 2024 – Updated compiled dataset file posted. Spelling corrections and new species added. See file for full details.  Prior Updates: October 1, 2024 –…

Van Cortlandt Park Check-In Area

We can’t wait to host you at the 2024 Macaulay Honors College Van Cortlandt Park BioBlitz. All BioBlitz workers will be wearing yellow BioBlitz shirts and you can…

Register for the 2024 BioBlitz!

Registration for the 2024 BioBlitz is now closed. We are no longer able to process requests for changes to shift times. Students who have not registered may attend…

2023 Prospect Park BioBlitz Data

Last Updated: October 3, 2023 – corrections to some entries, one new species added! Prior Updates: September 30, 2023 – initial data file posted Here is the current…

2022 Randall’s Island BioBlitz Data

Last updated: October 5, 2022 Here is the current species and observation lists for the 2022 Macaulay Honors College Randall’s Island Park BioBlitz: The first sheet in the…

Spotted Lanternfly Alert!

While you are participating in the BioBlitz, you may come across the spotted lanternfly, a species that poses a threat to plant life in our area. Here is…

2021 Remote BioBlitz Data

Our 2021 Remote BioBlitz is over! We strongly encourage you to check out the project pages and download the data you need shortly before you need them. It…

2020 Remote BioBlitz Data

Here is the current (11/2/20) species and observation lists for the 2020 Macaulay Honors College Remote BioBlitz: 2020 Remote BioBlitz Data 11_2_20 . We are still at just…

2019 Green-Wood Cemetery Gowanus Canal BioBlitz Data

Here is the current species and observation lists for the 2019 Macaulay Honors College Green-Wood Cemetery Gowanus Canal BioBltiz: 2019 Green-Wood Gowanus BioBlitz Data 10_9_19.The first sheet is…

2018 Inwood Hill Park BioBlitz Data

UPDATED OCTOBER 24 2018 Here is the current species and observation list for the 2018 Macaulay Honors College Inwood Hill Park BioBltiz: 2018 Inwood Hill Park BioBlitz Data…

2017 Alley Pond Park BioBlitz Data

UPDATED NOVEMBER 22 2017 Here is the current species and observation list for the 2017 Macaulay Honors College Alley Pond Park BioBltiz: 2017 Alley Pond BioBlitz Data November2017 The first…

2016 Brooklyn Bridge Park BioBlitz Data

Update: These data are now current as of November 2017. We are still waiting for lab identification of a number of arthropod species. Microbial diversity analysis information can…

2015 Freshkills Park BioBlitz Data

These data are current as of 3/21/16. We are still waiting for lab identification of a number of arthropod species as well as the acoustical analysis of bat…

2014 NYBG BioBlitz Data

These data are current as of 8/01/2015. We are still waiting for lab identification of a number of arthropod species. These files will be updated as those data…

2013 Central Park BioBlitz Data

Our students and scientists conducted a very successful species inventory of Central Park, finding a total of 571different species. We achieved our two main goals for the BioBlitz:…