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iNaturalist is the leading biodiversity platform on the planet where millions of community scientists, supported by a vast network of expert naturalists, crowd-source one of the world's largest biodiversity databases representing the backbone of conservation science.
With 4 million monthly active users and 400 thousand monthly active contributors, each month iNaturalist generates
over 6 million observations of over 100 thousand distinct species.
iNaturalist is a 501(c)3 non-profit building a global movement of nature advocates and stewards.
Its mission is to connect people to nature and advance biodiversity science and conservation.
Contribute to Science!
Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. iNaturalist shares your findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use your data.
All you have to do is observe...
Every month new and lost species are described or rediscovered thanks to citizen science
iNaturalist is a critical tool for understanding how distributions and communities are changing over time
Community observations is helping locate, monitor and manage invasive species