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Attribution & Credits

About Image Copyright

All animal images displayed on this website are sourced from publicly available resources that follow Creative Commons licensing. We respect the copyrights of all photographers and content creators, and provide proper attribution as required.

Detailed copyright attribution is displayed below each image, including:

Data Sources

iNaturalist

iNaturalist is a community-driven biodiversity observation platform with over 1.9 million species records. We use the iNaturalist API to obtain animal images and scientific data, with all images following Creative Commons licenses as specified by the uploaders.

License Types: CC0 CC BY CC BY-NC CC BY-SA

iNaturalist Terms of Use

GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)

GBIF provides the world's largest biodiversity database with over 1.6 billion species occurrence records. We use the GBIF API to obtain supplementary species information and conservation status data.

GBIF Terms of Use

Creative Commons License Descriptions

Images on this website may be licensed under the following Creative Commons licenses:

CC0 (Public Domain)

CC0 - The creator has waived all copyright, placing the work in the public domain. Free to use without attribution.

CC BY (Attribution)

CC BY 4.0 - Free to use, modify, and distribute with proper attribution to the creator.

CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike)

CC BY-SA 4.0 - Free to use and modify with attribution. Derivative works must use the same license.

CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial)

CC BY-NC 4.0 - Free to use and modify for non-commercial purposes with attribution.

Attribution Best Practices

We follow the Creative Commons recommended TASL attribution method:

Reference: CC Attribution Best Practices

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the thousands of nature photographers and biologists worldwide who generously share their observations and images on iNaturalist and GBIF platforms. It is because of these contributors that we are able to create this educational animal discovery platform.

Special thanks to:

Contact

If you have any questions about image attribution or notice any copyright issues, please contact us:

We will promptly address all copyright-related matters.