Project Noah

Project Noah A worldwide community discovering, photographing and identifying wildlife.

"Visionary, engaging and innovative" -The Economist

"A modern invention that may hold the key to saving species in the future" -BBC

To celebrate the very first day of 2026 - today we share one of the final spottings on Project Noah of 2025! This spott...
01/01/2026

To celebrate the very first day of 2026 - today we share one of the final spottings on Project Noah of 2025! This spotting is from new user Erockian00 who is "a photography hobbiist who recently took an interest in macro photography. My aim currently is to seek and photograph fungi." As Erockian00 writes in his field notes for this Fairy inkcaps (Scientific name: Coprinellus disseminatus) spotting - "Small with a light blue-gray coloration. About 2-3cm tall. Found nestled in a deep pocket between the roots at the base of a living tree."

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/fairy-inkcaps

Happy and Healthy New Years to the entire Project Noah nature and wildlife community! This incredible community continue...
12/31/2025

Happy and Healthy New Years to the entire Project Noah nature and wildlife community! This incredible community continues to be what makes Project Noah a special place to connect and learn about wildlife! Whether you are birding, herping, hiking, or diving, here's to incredible nature sightings across the globe in 2026!

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/shrike-long-tailed-shrike-0
Long-Tailed Shrike photographed by Karan Raghwa in India.

A Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, is Project Noah's Spotting of the Week! This bird was photographed by Project Noah communit...
12/16/2025

A Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, is Project Noah's Spotting of the Week! This bird was photographed by Project Noah community member, Seyit, gliding above a lake west of Istanbul in Turkey.

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/grey-heron-172

Become a Community Sponsor and help to fuel Project Noah's next phase of growth! We have an exciting pipeline of new fea...
11/25/2025

Become a Community Sponsor and help to fuel Project Noah's next phase of growth! We have an exciting pipeline of new features our team is working on adding to the site. This sponsorship program enables community members to help shape a dynamic future for Project Noah. All funds are re-invested into Project Noah. Thank you in advance for your support and to all of our existing community supporters!!🦋🌏
https://projectnoah.org/become-project-noah-community-sponsor

A Northern Flicker, Colaptes Auratus, is Project Noah’s spotting of the week! This woodpecker was photographed in northe...
11/06/2025

A Northern Flicker, Colaptes Auratus, is Project Noah’s spotting of the week! This woodpecker was photographed in northern Minnesota by Tamarac Connie. As Tamarac writes in her field notes - "Brown & Black Woodpecker with a large white rump patch visible when flying. Black necklace above a speckled breast. Red spot on the nape of neck & black mustache. In flight, they show flashes of yellow under their wings & tails. Northern Flicker need areas of scattered trees not dense forests, and are found along edges of forests & clearings. Also found in pastures, farmlands & yards. Northern Flicker is the only woodpecker to regularly feed on the ground, preferring ants & beetles. It has one of the longest tongues in the bird world.”

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/northern-flicker-99

An Autumn Meadowhawk, Sympetrum vicinum, is Project Noah's Spotting of the Week! Photographed at the edge of a pond in w...
10/15/2025

An Autumn Meadowhawk, Sympetrum vicinum, is Project Noah's Spotting of the Week!

Photographed at the edge of a pond in western Arkansas, Brian38 writes in his field notes: "Mature males are brownish black on the face and thorax and have a red abdomen. A small dragonfliy that measures a length of 30 to 35 mm (1.2 to 1.4 in)."

Males turn a striking, bright red as they mature, making them easy to identify against the fading autumn foliage. Females and younger individuals, by contrast, are usually yellowish. Autumn meadowhawks are a late-season dragonfly: unlike many dragonflies that peak in summer, the Autumn Meadowhawk is one of the last to be seen each year—sometimes flying well into late fall and even early winter on warm days.

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/autumn-meadowhawk-18

10/11/2025

You spoke, we listened. The main focus of this Project Noah page will continue to be real-world wildlife photograph images and spottings from the community. Wildlife photography and nature community building will be this Project Noah page’s primary focus.

Any use of AI for content on this page will be very limited and transparently labelled for full disclosure.

We value the input of our community and we hear you loud and clear. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns about the use of AI tools on this page.

Project Noah will be creating a new and separate page called Project Noah Nature School. This new page will be publishing Wildlife & Nature Illustrations, with a focus on educational nature content, using various software tools.

10/07/2025

Project Noah is considering expanding into the production of new nature wildlife illustrations and wanted to gauge community input as we navigate this process. We are evaluating the use of various tools in producing this content, including the use of AI models.

To be clear, wildlife photograph images from our community will continue to be our focus. Community-created real-world wildlife photography will always be at the heart of the Project Noah community and experience.

These new nature illustrations would be a supplement to our usual nature educational content. We recently posted a few ideas as examples, the most recent being the Fire Salamander. Each illustration would undergo a biological / scientific review prior to publishing.

How do you feel about Project Noah expanding into nature illustrations? Should this content be on this page or its own dedicated separate page? How do you feel about the use of AI or other advanced model tools in supporting this nature illustration work? We deeply value the input of our community, so we wanted to open up a broader conversation.

A purple-rumped sunbird, Leptocoma zeylonica, is Project Noah’s Spotting of the Week! This particular sunbird was photog...
10/06/2025

A purple-rumped sunbird, Leptocoma zeylonica, is Project Noah’s Spotting of the Week! This particular sunbird was photographed by Project Noah community member sunnyjoseph in southwestern India outside of Kochi. The purple-rumped sunbird is endemic to the subcontinent of India. These birds build nests composed of cobwebs, lichens, plant fibres, bark pieces and flying seeds. Females lay two eggs during each reproductive cycle, with an incubation period between 14 and 16 days. Both the female and the male will incubate the eggs - and chicks will fledge in roughly 17 days.

https://projectnoah.org/spottings/purple-rumped-sunbird-32

While most amphibians lay eggs, Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) are ovoviviparous - which means the female reta...
10/05/2025

While most amphibians lay eggs, Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) are ovoviviparous - which means the female retains the fertilized eggs in her body until they hatch, and she gives birth to fully developed larvae in water. In some subspecies, particularly at higher elevations, females even give birth to fully metamorphosed, miniature salamanders directly onto land! Unlike many small amphibians, fire salamanders can live up to 20 years in the wild and sometimes more than 50 years in captivity. This long lifespan makes them one of the longest-living amphibians in Europe, rivaling even larger reptiles and mammals in longevity.

Did you know that Red-Eyed Tree Frog’s (Agalychnis callidryas) signature bright red eyes help to startle predators? This...
10/04/2025

Did you know that Red-Eyed Tree Frog’s (Agalychnis callidryas) signature bright red eyes help to startle predators? This is called a stratle or deistic display: when resting, the frog keeps its eyes closed to blend in with the green landscape - but if threatened, it suddenly opens its eyes. The sudden flash of red may confuse predators long enough for the frog to leap away. Red-Eyed Tree Frogs are also master illusionists with “flash colors.” Besides their eyes, they also have bright, vivid blue and yellow stripes on their sides and orange toes. Normally hidden while resting, these colors “flash” into view when the frog jumps, startling predators. Once the frog lands and folds its legs, it almost disappears from view into the leaves and forest!

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