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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Grab a photograph of an interesting organism and share it with the community.

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Save the Hellbender!

I'm a biologist doing work with Hellbender salamanders. If you have found a Hellbender, post a ...

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Growing Wild

Wild plants, trees and flowers growing in the United States

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Walnut Creek Park Watch

To study the flora and fauna of Walnut Creek park and for students to make a living database they ...

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Terrestrial Animals of the World

All Land living animals in any part of the world

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Snails and Trails

The full potential of some organisms is sometimes not realized until it is too late. The Stock ...

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Wildlife at Home

This mission is to take a look at the beauty that you come into contact with everyday at home. We ...

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Backyard Blitz

To encourage students to see the science in everyday life, right in their own neighborhood, school ...

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Geneva amphibian census

Collect any amphibian observation within the Geneva bassin.

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Birds of cyprus

ΠΟΥΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ BIRDS OF CYPRUS

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The Birds of Kerala

Kerala is a state located in the south-west region of India.... The state is wedged between the ...

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Wildly Hairy of British Columbia

Document the wildly hairy wildlife you see. We are in the midst of "Moustache Mania", there has got ...

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Middle East Wildlife

The organization's mission is not only to introduce the region's wildlife Middle East

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Veneto Wildlife

Questo gruppo ha lo scopo di esaltare la bellezza naturalistica di questa regione.

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Backside,tails,feathers and stripes.

Unique identifying markings,tails,wingtips,stripes and colors are visible from the backside. ...

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Queensland Biodiversity

I noticed there were no missions of any sort nearby for me in Queensland, Australia. Australia is ...

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Wood Sandpiper; Andarríos Bastardo favorited by marisa y Sagunto/Sagunt, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain 23 seconds ago

Coastal marshes

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viola favorited by Chief RedEarth Boston, Massachusetts, USA 45 seconds ago

steps

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Meerkat favorited by marisa y Cleveland, Ohio, USA a minute ago

The lookout. The second of three meerkats I photographed onthis zoo trip (see #1 at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/274...) The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. In captivity, meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years, and about half this in the wild.

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Red tail catfish spotted by Olivia Chee ตรัง, จังหวัดตรัง, Thailand a minute ago

Eats small aquatic animals

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viola spotted by VittoriKoch Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 minutes ago

steps

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common milkweed favorited by marisa y Indiana, USA 2 minutes ago

restored prairie

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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