Observation FAQs (23)

What is an observation?

What kind of photos or sounds should I attach to observations?

What are organisms?

Can I identify multiple taxa per observation? What if my photo has a flower and a cool bug?

What does captive / cultivated mean?

What is geoprivacy? What does it mean for an observation to be obscured?

Are observations required to have photos?

How can I get help identifying what I saw or heard?

Why doesn't iNaturalist recognize the name I've entered?

What is the Data Quality Assessment and how do observations qualify to become "Research Grade"?