The Project Noah Global Community

Our community has contributed 825,000+ wildlife spottings in 196 countries on 7 continents

825,000+

Wildlife Spottings

1.5 Million+

Geotagged Wildlife Photographs

350,000+

Nature Journals

Publish & Share Wildlife Photographs

Publish your favorite wildlife photographs of organisms in their natural habitat. Share these photos with the Project Noah global community. Whether sharing thoughts about a spotting, reflections on the moment, wildlife features or a species identification, your wildlife observations are entirely your own.

Craft a Nature Journal

As you share nature photos, craft a multimedia journal to reflect your personal connection with nature. Only you can bring a voice to this special connection.

Wildlife Journal Spottings from Ranger Scott Frazier

Learn about Wildlife

Learn about wildlife from experts in our community and your favorite wildlife spotters. The spirit of Project Noah is to embrace the joy of discovery and the learning process. If you would like assistance identifying your spottings, Rangers and the broader Noah community are here to help with species suggestions!

Project Noah publishes weekly wildlife facts across social media! Each week, our popular Facebook Page shares high-quality educational content on nature and wildlife. Here is a weekly wildlife post about a Geometer Moth from India.

Geometer Moth

This geometrid moth (Macrohastina gemmifera) dazzles with an intricate mix of colors and patterns. There are only three species in the genus Macrohastina (Subfamily: Larentiinae; Tribe: Asthenini), all found in Asia. This moth was spotted by Dr. Namgyal T. Sherpa in a remote part of the state of Sikkim, India. Sikkim is considered an ecological hotspot of the lower Himalayas; its forested regions are home to a diverse fauna and flora across a range of altitudes and climates. Sikkim has a rich diversity of arthropods, with many still to be discovered!

A Global Community of People who Wildlife

Project Noah has grown into a global community of people passionate about wildlife conservation and preserving biodiveristy. Our community comes from over 150 countries and has contributed well over a million geotagged global wildlife photographs.

Whether you are a newbie, student, in college, a seasoned naturalist or a scientist, we welcome you into our community with open arms! We only ask you have an interest in preserving the natural world and a curiosity to learn.

Make new naturalist friends and follow your favorite wildlife photographers from around the world!

In addition to ProjectNoah.org, our community also stays connected across social media:

The Project Noah Story

Project Noah is an award-winning software platform designed to help people connect with the natural world and learn about wildlife. Launched out of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program in early 2010, the project began as an experiment to mobilize citizen scientists and build a digital butterfly net for the 21st century. The original Project Noah platform was founded by Yasser Ansari, Martin Ceperley, Peter Horvath, and Bruno Kruse with support from New York University and the Joan Ganz Conney Center.

Project Noah enables amateurs and professionals alike to create and share multimedia nature journals. Our community is harnessing the power of new mobile technologies to collect important ecological data and help preserve global biodiversity.

The Project Noah community includes 350,000+ nature journals, 825,000+ wildlife spottings and 1.5 million+ geotagged wildlife photographs.

Join Project Noah and become a Citizen Scientist!

Learn about wildlife and how to identify species
Follow your favorite naturalists and wildlife spotters
Create and publish your own multimedia nature journal
Connect with experts from around the world who offer helpful descriptions on your spottings

By developing tools to help the public share their encounters with nature, we are building a powerful force for crowdsourcing ecological data collection and an important educational tool for wildlife awareness. We hope you’ll support us on this mission by joining Project Noah today!

Project Noah has been honored to receive the following awards:

WSIS Prizes: 2017 champion in e-science category
World Summit Award: 2013 winner in mobile e-learning category
Cooney Prize in Innovation in Children’s Learning

Leadership

Michael Sarill - Director, Product & Community Development

Michael leads product development and partnerships for Project Noah. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from Brown University in 2006 and completed the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program at UC Berkeley in 2016. Michael is passionate about wildlife, biodiversity conservation and exploring new ways for people to live in harmony with nature. Biology interests include tropical herpetology and marine biology.

Contact Michael