Project Noah

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

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Island of Malta

Malta is a very small island nation south of Sicily in the Mediterranean.

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Phenology in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks

Your mission is to collect phenology observations on species found in Grand Teton and Yellowstone ...

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National Moth Week 2013 Ohio

http://nationalmothweek.org/2013-registration/ July 20-28th, 2013 My son John, daughter Hope, ...

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Pittsburgh Biodiversity Survey

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy needs your help to document the diverse range of organisms that ...

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Spady Species

Our students are posting spottings of plants and animals that reside on our school campus. Our ...

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Argentina Wildlife

Argentina Wildlife by SongYanzhi http://projectnoah.org/spotting/

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Niwot Biodiversity Gang

See something you don't know or are interested about? Is it anywhere in the front range? You should ...

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Nature of Piedmont Wildlife Center

Living things found in and around Leigh Farm Park and the ground of Piedmont Wildlife Center, ...

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florida birds

this mission is for all the bird lovers out there

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Exploring Your Local Ecosystem

In class today, you learned about producers and consumers. As we continue our study of wildlife and ...

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My Local Ecosystem

In class today, you learned about producers and consumers. As we continue our study of wildlife and ...

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Charles Carroll Middle School Bioblitz

Charles Carroll Middle School in New Carrollton, Maryland is conducting a schoolyard bioblitz in ...

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Salisbury Middle School Biodiversity

Students and teachers at Salisbury Middle School are collecting and sharing wildlife observations ...

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World Science Festival Cicada Count

We're calling all citizen scientists to help track 17-Year Cicadas! Join the World Science Festival ...

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Crystal Cove Environmental Study Loop Plants

Help Crystal Cove State Park create a digital field guide of plants at the Environmental Study ...

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Iberian Emerald Lizard favorited by dandoucette Coimbra, Portugal 40 seconds ago

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Iberian Emerald Lizard favorited by DanielePralong Coimbra, Portugal a minute ago

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Unknown spotting suggestion by VivBraznell Porto, Portugal 2 minutes ago

Common name: Sea Holly
Scientific name: Eryngium maritimum

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Unknown spotting suggestion by jamiewgoodspeed Delray Beach, Florida, USA 2 minutes ago

Common name: cuban knight anole
Scientific name: anolis equestris

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Pyballed Whitetail Deer(Molly) favorited by Mona Pirih Hampton Bays, New York, USA 2 minutes ago

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate. In North America, the species is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains, but elsewhere, it is mostly replaced by the black-tailed or mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). In western North America, it is found in aspen parklands and deciduous river bottomlands within the central and northern Great Plains, and in mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the northern Rocky Mountain regions from South Dakota and Wyoming to southeastern British Columbia, including the Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands.

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Great Horned Owls spotted by GidgetKusko Chino Valley, Arizona, USA 3 minutes ago

Great Horned Owl, mother and 3 owlets.

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Mapping Nature on Your Smartphone

For the developers at New York start-up Networked Organisms, smartphones are the butterfly nets of the 21st Century. Their tool, Project Noah, lets people upload photos of plants and wildlife around them, creating a map of the natural world and contributing to scientific research in the process.

WSJ
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What kind of beetle? This app knows

Bespectacled scientists of yore would carry around hefty field guides, made up of hundreds of pages of text and photos. But these days, smartphone owners have a lighter option: an app called Project Noah, which aims to help people identify plants and animals as well as collect data from "citizen scientists" about where certain species are located.

CNN
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Designing ecosystems for talent development

Project Noah enables us to be part of a more focused online community where we can learn more about wildlife around us and contribute to scientific research. It pulls participants into deeper, more meaningful engagement by enabling people to go on “missions” to collectively map changes based on sightings.

The Economist
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A smart way to save wildlife

A modern invention that may also hold the key to saving species in the future. Project Noah is a global study that encourages nature lovers to document the wildlife they encounter, using a purpose built phone app and web community. In addition to the virtual "collection" of species, Project Noah encourages citizen science by linking up with existing surveys including the International Spider Survey and the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.

BBC
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Dial-a-Class

New mobile applications include a tool called NOAH that lets you take cellphone pictures of bugs and trees and then sends back an identification of the exact type in as little as 24 hours.

NY TIMES
With support from National Geographic