EarthLayer: Wildlife & Plants

Explore the living planet with EarthLayer: interactive maps of wildlife and plants from around the world, built on more than 40 million open biodiversity records.

See where animals and plants have been recorded, which species are endangered, and how nature is changing across every continent. Whether you love wildlife, study ecology, travel, or are simply curious about nature, EarthLayer puts the world's biodiversity in your pocket.

🗺️ WILDLIFE MAP
- Explore sightings of mammals, reptiles and amphibians worldwide
- Switch map views to see sightings, biodiversity hotspots, conservation status, species ranges and change over time
- Find where endangered and threatened species live, using IUCN Red List status
- Birds are coming soon

🌱 PLANT MAP
- Explore over 130,000 plant species, from flowering plants and trees to ferns and mosses
- See where plants have been recorded and which are under threat

✨ SURPRISE ME
- Discover a new animal or plant every day
- Answer the daily nature quiz to unlock bonus reveals

📅 NATURE CALENDAR
- Upcoming wildlife and plant days, from World Wildlife Day to World Orca Day
- Stories and ways to help for each day

🧠 DAILY NATURE QUIZ
- A new question about animals, plants and ecosystems every day
- Build a streak and learn something new each time

📖 SPECIES PROFILES
- Photos, taxonomy, range maps, sighting counts and conservation status for nearly 20,000 animal species and over 130,000 plants

📰 STORIES YOU CAN LISTEN TO
- Articles on conservation, habitats and biodiversity hotspots
- Listen to stories, and share them with friends

❤️ SAVED
- Save the animals and plants you love in one collection

🔔 OPTIONAL REMINDERS
- Get a nudge when the daily quiz is ready or a nature day is coming up

🔬 BUILT ON OPEN SCIENCE
EarthLayer uses open biodiversity data from GBIF (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility), including community observations from iNaturalist, with conservation status from the IUCN Red List.

🔒 PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- Free, with no ads
- No account or sign-in needed
- No third-party tracking

Explore wildlife, plants and endangered species around the world with EarthLayer.