Explore How Ecosystems
Build Themselves
Each biome inside miniBIOTA links with the next, creating a network where energy, water, and nutrients circulate on their own.
It's a model of self-regulating life that lets you study real ecological behavior in miniature.
Why miniBIOTA Matters
Earth's ecosystems work through constant exchange. Every plant, animal, and microbe plays a role in maintaining that balance.
miniBIOTA brings that idea to human scale, so anyone can see the cycles that sustain life: water flowing, nutrients cycling, and species adapting.
It's a space to watch how life organizes itself, reacts to change, and finds new balance even when things shift.
Make the Invisible Visible
We rarely see how nature actually works up close. miniBIOTA turns the hidden into something real and observable.
See the Connection
Every part of this system links to another. Energy, matter, and movement flow continuously between them.
Learn Through Living Systems
By studying how these small worlds respond and adapt, we learn how real ecosystems stay alive.
How It Works
Connected Worlds
Each habitat is part of a larger cycle. Air, water, and temperature move naturally between biomes through carefully designed channels. Nothing is pumped or filtered by machines. Instead, energy moves on its own, following the same principles that drive balance in nature.
No Machines Behind the Glass
This system runs entirely on natural forces. Light powers the plants. Rising heat forms clouds that fall again as rain. Every piece of this design has one goal: to let nature show what it can do when we simply give it the space to exist.
What Is miniBIOTA
It's a closed ecosystem on a human scale. Six interconnected glass boxes, each one a miniature world with its own plants, animals, microbes, and cycles. Together, they form a single living system where every species plays a role, every habitat serves a purpose, and every interaction reveals something about how nature maintains balance.
This isn't an aquarium or a terrarium. It's a self-regulating biosphere where organisms adapt, compete, reproduce, and change based on the conditions around them. Some species thrive while others fade, and the system keeps evolving. Through it all, you can observe the same ecological patterns that shape lakes, shorelines, and grasslands, brought into a space small enough to study yet complex enough to keep revealing new surprises.
See It In Action
Watch the latest update on the miniBIOTA project and see the biomes come to life.
Help Build This Living World
miniBIOTA continues to grow with new biomes, deeper monitoring, and more connections between the worlds inside. Every bit of support helps expand this project and make it possible to explore how life sustains itself in balance.
What do you want to see most?
Help shape what we build next:
Stay in the Loop
Get updates when new species are added, biomes expand, and features go live.