GloBI

Global Biotic Interactions

Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) provides open access to finding species interaction data (e.g., predator-prey, pollinator-plant, pathogen-host, parasite-host) by combining existing open datasets using open source software.

Important Links

Contribute Data

Multiple ways to contribute.

Data Indexes

Various indexes of species interactions.

Open Access

We believe in free access to knowledge!

Species Explorer

Taxon, ecological relation, & interaction search.

Datasets

Access a variety of external datasets.

Partners

Open access data partners.

Invaluable Resource

“Biodiversity researchers have focused on diversity at the cost of ignoring the networks of interactions between organisms that characterize ecosystems.”

Kevin McCann

Accessible

“An essential element of a truly inclusionary and democratic approach to science is to share data through publicly accessible data sets.” 

Many interactions

“GloBI provided bee species visitation records across large spatial scales and with large sample sizes—the total dataset contains 259,210 bee visitation records between bees and plants…”

Smith et al., 2025

How-to guide!