LifeGuesser
Spot a species. Guess where on Earth.
The planet is stranger and fuller than most people realize. LifeGuesser shows a real photo from iNaturalist — a beetle, a fern, a mushroom — and asks: where in the world was this spotted? Simple question. Surprisingly hard. Always interesting.
What is LifeGuesser?
LifeGuesser is for curious people who want to learn where living things are found. Each round shows a real photo of a species, and you click the place on the map where you think it lives. The closer your guess, the more points you earn.
It is GeoGuessr for nature: instead of guessing a street, you guess the home range of a bird, plant, fungus, insect, or other organism.
Built at the Nature x Code hackathon.
How It Works
Each round presents an image of a species - a bird, mammal, reptile, plant, fungus, or insect. Your job is to click where on the world map this species naturally occurs. The closer you are, the more points you earn.
Features
Category Filters: Focus on specific groups - birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, plants, or fungi.
Region Selection: Practice with species from specific continents - North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, or Oceania.
Endless Mode: See how far you can go when a single mistake ends your run.
Leaderboard: Compete for top scores against other players.
Archive: Review previous rounds and learn from your mistakes.
Data Source
All specimen images come from iNaturalist, a crowdsourced biodiversity database with millions of research-grade observations from around the world.