On May 31, 1996, the first bioblitz was held at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C.
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The world's first bioblitz was held at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C., above. A team of scientists, teachers, students, and volunteers spent 24 hours conducting a species inventory of the area.
Photograph by Jennifer Boyer, courtesy Wikimedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
a field study in which groups of scientists and citizens study and inventory all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area.
100-year anniversary.
to recognize or establish the identity of something.
U.S. federal agency with the mission of caring "for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage."
a list of all the species of organisms living in a specific area.
exact or precise.
A bioblitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time, usually 24 hours.
A short video on the experience of a 7-year-old student from Connecticut who attended the 2013 National Geographic BioBlitz in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.
BioBlitz 2012 took place in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and cataloged species from diverse ecosystems.
A bioblitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time, usually 24 hours.
A short video on the experience of a 7-year-old student from Connecticut who attended the 2013 National Geographic BioBlitz in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.
BioBlitz 2012 took place in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and cataloged species from diverse ecosystems.