Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

1 2 Lava Cactus

Lava Cactus

by MishaCainNellEcuador

Growing right up out of the lava

2 1 Chuckwalla

Chuckwalla

by CarenReneeVawterCalifornia, USA

Saw this on a trip to Amboy crator

1 1 Bracket Fungi

Bracket Fungi

by MaryLeahDiehlHilo, Hawaii, USA

These Bracket Fungi were growing on a partially burnt log of a dead Pandanus ...

1 2 Snow lichen

Snow lichen

by mauna KunzahHawaii, USA

Uniformly gray, filamentous lichens that formed all over the a’a

4 6 Rough dubautia

Rough dubautia

by mauna KunzahHilo, Hawaii, USA

Hawaiian native, one of the 50 species known as the Silversword Alliance. It's ...

1 2 Darkling beetle

Darkling beetle

by allen.hoofCalifornia, USA

black beetle, ~ 2-2.5 cm in length, family Tenebrionidae

3 3 'Ama'u

'Ama'u

by MaryLeahDiehl

, resembling Boar hair. Can be found from sea level on

1 0 Zebra dove

Zebra dove

by mauna KunzahHilo, Hawaii, USA

on a large lava rock and were watching me ...

2 1 Ohi'a Lehua

Ohi'a Lehua

by MaryLeahDiehl

From shrubby scrawly looking trees to full majestic trees with usually red ...

0 0 Zebra-tailed lizard

Zebra-tailed lizard

by CarenReneeVawterCalifornia, USA

Speckled gray with black stripes on the tail. A light colored underbelly with ...

0 0 kalij pheasant

kalij pheasant

by allen.hoofHawaii, USA

kalij pheasants moving through old lava ...

1 0 Sally Lightfoot Crab

Sally Lightfoot Crab

by MishaCainNellEcuador

Brilliant orange/gold/red legs. Sometimes with a burgundy, orange, or red ...

2 0 green sea turtle

green sea turtle

by allen.hoofUSA

Up periscope! Small green sea turtle coming up for air

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by MicheleDibitettoPalagonia, Sicilia, Italy

These trees were instantly burned out by these massive

6 1 Spotting

Spotting

by Richard CottrellBali, Indonesia

Green bulky and spiky shaped caterpillar feeding on specific food plant on Mt ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Marta RubioTexeiraAlajuela, Costa Rica

This was a tree or tall bush growing in between former

2 0 Silver Sword

Silver Sword

by GarySmith2

rosette-forming shrub that grows 5-20 feet before flowering very rare and is ...

0 0 Yellow scale lichen

Yellow scale lichen

by Graham MonroeNew Mexico, USA

A large lichen growing in a hump on soil.

1 0 Banded Owl Butterfly

Banded Owl Butterfly

by lgCostaNutAlajuela, Costa Rica

the base of the volcano in zone which has not been affected by

0 0 Hawaiian Goose

Hawaiian Goose

by llupnerHawaii, USA

Also called the Nene bird, this Hawaiian endemic has deeply furrowed golden ...

0 0 Arizona toad

Arizona toad

by DonnaTangSpringerville, Arizona, USA

Small toad, about 2 inches across, hiding in a crevice in a basalt cliff face ...

1 1 'Ohi'a lehua

'Ohi'a lehua

by gaishimoHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

‘Ohi’a lehua is an endemic Hawaiian plant. It is polymorphic in form and size, ...

4 0 'Ōhelo berry/ʻōhelo ʻai

'Ōhelo berry/ʻōhelo ʻai

by mauna KunzahHawaii, USA

Edible berries, native to Hawaii, which belong to the same genus as ...

1 0 Chuckwalla

Chuckwalla

by Jen.JSanta Barbara, California, USA

This species is represented by a large number of viable occurrences throughout ...

0 0 American Robin

American Robin

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

The American robin is 8-11 inches in length and has a wingspan of 12-16 inches. ...

0 0 Sage Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

Small thrasher, gray upperparts, dark-streaked white underparts with pale brown ...

0 0 Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

A low, spreading plant, often forming small clumps, 6 to 10 dm in diameter; ...

0 0 Western Bluebird

Western Bluebird

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

The deep blue on the head, wings, and tail of the male Western Bluebird ...

0 0 Cliff Chipmunk

Cliff Chipmunk

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

Gray back has indistinct stripes. Center dorsal stripe dark, others faint. ...

0 2 ʻōhiʻa lehua

ʻōhiʻa lehua

by JimJohnson2Hawaii, USA

on lava, and are usually the very first ...

1 1 Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

Genders are similar with a boldly marked head that includes a white eyebrow, ...

0 0 Dark-eyed Junco var. Oregon Junco

Dark-eyed Junco var. Oregon Junco

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

Medium-sized sparrow with considerable geographic color variation, although ...

0 2 Old World Forked Fern

Old World Forked Fern

by tibipradaHawaiʻi, USA

Uluhe (Hawaiian). It is one of the most widely distributed ferns of the wet Old ...

0 0 Ponserosa Pine

Ponserosa Pine

by joanbstanleyNew Mexico, USA

An evergreen, open-branched tree forming an open pyramid when young, becoming a ...

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team