Final results for the 2026 Alberta Biodiversity Challenge have been tabulated! The bioblitz ran from June 11-14, and observations from those days could be posted up until June 30, 2026. We then left the project open for identifications until July 31. The official results are now in.
Overall, in Alberta we had13545 observations of 1998 species, by 833 observers, identified by 1127 volunteer identifiers. Top observers were @arthur_ab_frogman with an impressive 518 observations and @caterpillarlover with a whopping 277 species. Compared to last year, we submitted 1815 more observations, 113 more species were documented, and 345 more people participated (combining observers and identifiers).
Similar to last year, metro-Edmonton won the Edmonton-Calgary rivalry for number of observations (2865) and species (781), but Calgary wins again this year for the overall participation, with 324 observers. Find out more details about the results at https://naturealberta.ca/2026-alberta-biodiversity-challenge-results/
Collaborators: Nature Alberta, Greg Pohl