I started using iNaturalist in 2018. I had been using the app, a free citizen science platform that defies easy categorization, to record the wildlife I observed as I traveled. A sort of real-life ...

When I recently moved, one of the building's standout features was the plethora of different plant species in front of its windows. But not like standard landscaping -- more like drier plants, ...

KINGSTON — The Kingston Conservation Department and Conservation Commission are hosting an event to teach how to use an app that helps identify local wildlife. Intern Finn Doherty will explain how to ...

No one wants invasive plant species in their garden, but trying to identify every plant in your space (and nearby!) is ...

Remember when Pokémon Go mania had people exploring the outdoors in search of fictional game characters? Well, we have just leveled up, folks. iNaturalist, the latest app taking the globe by storm, is ...

LONGBOAT KEY — Quick Point Nature Preserve has an innovative new sign that invites visitors to participate in a community science biodiversity survey using the iNaturalist app. The sign is the result ...

A frog croaks from a walking trail. A hiker snaps a photo and uploads it to iNaturalist. That single act — one person, one amphibian and one click — feeds into a growing global dataset that scientists ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. State Parks led a guided tour at Moonstone ...

Lynn White records an observation of a wooly caterpillar at Bulls Run Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum using the iNaturalist app. Lynn White aims her phone camera at a fuzzy caterpillar perched on a ...

Using more than 652,000 observations uploaded to iNaturalist (left), UC Berkeley scientists created an AI model to predict the distribution of 2,221 species of plants around the state. To train the ...