iNaturalist is a citizen science project that allows you to contribute to scientific research while learning more about the the plants, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, arachnids, and fungi that we share planet Earth with.

It’s accessible at or as a smartphone app (iPhone, Android).

Have you ever been on a walk and wondered what that gorgeous flower is? With iNaturalist you can just simply take a picture and often it identifies it for you right away, if their identification doesn’t look right to youleave it up to the iNaturalist community to identify it. There are almost three million observers that can lend a hand.

Our Projects

Browse these collections of species observed on parts of the UT community.