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Birds of the World

There are over 10,000 living species of birds on the planet. They can be found in ecosystems across ...

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Butterflies & Moths of the World

Butterflies and Moths are insects of the order Lepidoptera. Their brilliant colors have inspired ...

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity

Millions of city-dwellers walk their local streets every day, but many overlook the multitude of ...

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Mission WILD

The WILD Foundation works to protect & interconnect at least half of the planet’s land & water to ...

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Moths of the World

Moths? Yes: a world of sphinxes, hawks, owls, tigers, and scary eyes, all waiting for you outside ...

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Flowers of North America

We want you to help us build a photo collection of flowers from around the world. Show us what ...

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Mushroom Mapping

Mushroom ecology is a pivotal orientation point for exploring urban systems. Help us gather ...

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International Spider Survey

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs. The International Society of Arachnology ...

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain

Habitat: Indicar el sitio donde se encontró (campo, montaña, lago, mar, río...) Habitat: Enter the ...

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The Color Red

The color red is a bold color that represents passion. We would like to create a collection of ...

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Global Flight

To create a magnificent collection of images of your favourite fliers. Not just birds, but bats, ...

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies

Dragonflies and damselflies are agile insects of the order Odonata. With a worldwide distribution ...

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Nature in Yellow

It would be so interesting to see all the yellow flowers, fruits, insects, animals of the world.

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Flowers of Europe

We want you to help us build a photo collection of flowers from around the world. Show us what ...

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Captive Animals

While we are all so focused on animals in nature, we ignore the fact theres wildlife in our own ...

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Spotting spotted by momsavang Columbus, Georgia, United States a minute ago

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Tree Stump Spider spotted by John B. Palauig, Central Luzon, Philippines 31 minutes ago

Arachnida; Araneae; Araneidae; Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 (type). I have only three photos of this spider. I had saved them as "Poltys sp." because they looked like Poltys illepidus, but not close enough to be sure. Then I came across pictures of a female P. illepidus in http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide... and that appears to be right.

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Spotting spotted by momsavang Columbus, Georgia, United States 35 minutes ago

I feel like I’ve ID’d this over before but couldn’t nail it down this time. About 2 inches. Green W marking on back dark abdomen with tan segmentation up the "spine," clear wings with black and green veining.

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Cicada sp spotted by momsavang Columbus, Georgia, United States 48 minutes ago

maybe 2 inches long from head to wingtip. Distinct black crown with tan markings. Wings were clear with green veins. Body had light and dark markings.

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Spotting spotted by momsavang Columbus, Georgia, United States 51 minutes ago

Possibly one spotted variant, but it's taken on a lot of damage. About 1.5 in wingtip to wingtip. Brown, bark-like coloration.

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Spotting spotted by momsavang Columbus, Georgia, United States 56 minutes ago

The photo makes this moth look grey; however it appeared more brownish irl. Lighter segmentation along the body, wings had some waves and dotting.

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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

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

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

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

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
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