Species Atlas — photos, names and facts for over a million species

Photos and facts come live from iNaturalist.

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Search for a species
or click a group on the left to go down the tree of life.

⭐ My species list

Press ☆ Add to my list on any species to save it here — for a school project, a garden survey or a holiday checklist. It is kept in this browser.

🏆 Guess the species

You see a real photo — pick the right name. Challenge mode gives 20 seconds per photo, bonus points for speed and a multiplier for streaks.

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About Species Atlas

Species Atlas is a field guide to every living thing that people have photographed and named: over a million species of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria. Each page shows photos, the common and scientific names, the full classification from kingdom to species, a short description, the conservation status, a map of sightings and the months it is seen most. Scientists have named about 2 million species so far, and estimate that around 8.7 million plants, animals and fungi exist — most are still undiscovered.

How to use Species Atlas

Search any animal, plant or fungus by its everyday or scientific name, or click a group to go down the tree of life.

Read its photos, classification, description, conservation status, map and season, and add it to your list.

Press “Start quiz” to guess species from real photos, or download a printable list of your species.

Where do the photos and facts come from?

From iNaturalist, a free nature project run by the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic, where millions of people share photos of the living things they find. The short descriptions come from Wikipedia and the conservation status mostly from the IUCN Red List. Each photo shows who took it and its licence.

Is Species Atlas free?

Yes. It is free to use, with no account, no watermark and no paywall.

Is anything about me sent anywhere?

Only the words you search for and the species you open are sent to iNaturalist to look them up. Your species list and quiz scores stay in your browser.