biodiversity.aq is the brandname for the new ANTABIF (Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility), funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (www.belspo.be) biodiversity.aq is building a dedicated Antarctic biodiversity data portal giving access to a distributed network of contributing database, according to the principles of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.gbif.org), in the framework of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010. It will build upon two complementary networks and will expand these by linking with other potential data resources. It will integrate SCAR-MarBIN (www.scarmarbin.be), with the databases network managed by the Australian Antarctic Division. biodiversity.aq is intended to become the data management tool and repository for the biodiversity-related research conducted at the Princess Elisabeth Station. biodiversity.aq will use the best available technology to integrate, share and disseminate all available information on Antarctic Biodiversity.