Quickly Identify Plants and Animals Around You With This App
The weather is gradually getting warmer, which means that we are all going to walk a little more. If your outdoor adventure takes you on a hike or two in nature, then you have a good chance of encountering a plant or animal that you can’t pinpoint. iNaturalist is an app that can help.
The app is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society and works like Shazam for Nature in the sense that it allows you to take a snapshot of what you encounter and instantly know what kind of planet it is. , or there may be an error.
With the app, you can find out what kinds of plants and animals are likely to be near you so you can be on the lookout, as well as record your own observations of the area and share them with the community.
For example, I am currently visiting a family in North Carolina, and I can see on the map exactly where I can find such things as forest sorrel (this is a yellow flower, which I did not know about 2 minutes ago) and magnolias nearby. with me (among other things more than 3, ooo other things).
When you discover something out of the ordinary, the iNaturalist community of 400,000 scientists can also help you identify it. You can also help others identify what they have seen and follow up on projects that focus on specific plants or species.
The information from the app is also used by scientists for research, so you help the researchers by helping yourself with the walk.