Nature in L.A.

04/17/2025

Help us celebrate the 10th annual City Nature Challenge in L.A.! Our goals for this year in Los Angeles County:
🔎30,000 observations of wildlife
🐞3,000 species
👯‍♀️2,500 participants!!
Help us reach our goal
🦆🐝🐛🐦🦀🐍🦂🔎📸

Taking part is easy!

Download the iNaturalist app from the App Store or Google Play.

Step 1: Find wildlife anywhere in L.A. County (or your local area).

Step 2: Take photos of WILD** plants & animals.

Step 3: Share Your observations in the iNaturalist app. If it's planted or taken care of by people it is not WILD. Mark it captive/cultivated!

Step 4: Learn more as your finds get identified.

**Wild means not captive or cultivated--no potted plants, pets, or people!

Cities around the world collaborate to share observations of nature in the 2025 City Nature Challenge.Why participate?There is nature all around us! Knowing ...

04/09/2025

❤️🦎IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN🦎❤️
Love is blooming for Southern California alligator lizards, and we invite you to grab your front-row seats to witness this reptilian romance, affectionately known as love bites!

Last year was our 10th and final year of observation collection, but rainfall patterns in California were so unusual this year (severe drought in Southern California but above average rainfall in Northern California) we just had to extend the project one more season!

If you have any mating observations of alligator lizards to share, please email us at [email protected] or [email protected] with the date, time, and location of your sighting!

Let’s make this year’s lizard love fest unforgettable!

Photo and observation by G. Wallace via [email protected]