Project Noah

A global citizen science platform
to discover, share and identify wildlife

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Rainbow Lorikeet Rainbow Lorikeet LesleySmitheringale 761 230 Spicebush Swallowtail larvae Spicebush Swallowtail larvae KristenGilpin 623 181 Philippine Eagle Philippine Eagle ShaumingLo 516 189 Glasswing butterfly Glasswing butterfly JonathanSequeira 461 193 Golden Tortoise Beetle Golden Tortoise Beetle ctsetan 440 169 Red Fox Red Fox sttweets 437 186 Puffin Puffin Emma7 428 130 Lunar Mushroom Lunar Mushroom divemuster 433 96 Barn Owl Barn Owl LuisStevens 408 292 Oleander Hawk-moth Oleander Hawk-moth dandoucette 407 199 Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel dandoucette 382 234 Arctic Fox Arctic Fox HaukurSigurðsson 398 83 Indian chameleon Indian chameleon HemantKumar 363 116 Lantern Bug Lantern Bug divemuster 360 97 Blanding's Turtle Blanding's Turtle brennan.caverhill 353 78 Jewel Caterpillar Jewel Caterpillar Gerardo Aizpuru 331 227 Green Vine Snake Green Vine Snake ctsetan 343 134 Lilac-breasted Roller Lilac-breasted Roller DanielePralong 326 182 Philippine Tarsier Philippine Tarsier opzjon 323 114 Oncilla Oncilla Carolina 334 68
Project Noah iPhone and Android apps

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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 ...

Spottings
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Silverfish spotted by Brian38 Washington, USA 34 minutes ago

Extremely fast insect that can out run spiders. Silvery gray and about an inch long (2.54 cm).

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Naked Tachinid Fly spotted by Brian38 Washington, USA an hour ago

Gymnosoma is a Genus of tachinid fly that are hairless (naked). These tachinid flies lay their eggs on a host (shield and stink bugs).

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Cryptopid Centipede spotted by Brian38 Washington, USA an hour ago

About 1.5 in (3.8 cm) long reddish orange centipede. These are resilient centipedes. The area had been ravaged by wildfires in recent years - killing much of the wildlife and vegetation. Each segment is an armored plate that can bend, allowing the centipede to move across uneven surfaces.

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Blue Pansy spotted by Richard Ong PNG, Malaysia an hour ago

female

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Assassin Bug spotted by Richard Ong PNG, Malaysia 2 hours ago

Hemiptera; Reduviidae

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Tiger Crane Fly spotted by Richard Ong Pahang, Malaysia 2 hours ago

Diptera; Tipulidae; Tipulinae; Tipulini




2019 National Moth Week! July 20-28



Project Noah partners with National Moth Week each year to celebrate the beauty and life cycles of moths.



Moths play a key role in ecosystems as pollinators and as a food source for nocturnal insectivores like owls, birds and bats. Our Moths of the World Mission celebrates the diversity and ecological importance of moths. Join a global citizen science project to help identify all moths from July 20-28!





National Moth Week 2019 Info





Press

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