Earth: Nature, Science, Life

Earthapp

About this app

Earth is a nature app for people who want to know what's out there today. Read the day's nature and science news, identify birds and plants with your camera, and check the weather, air quality and night sky where you stand – all in one place, from the team behind Earth.com.

NATURE AND SCIENCE NEWS, EVERY MORNING
Earth Today brings you the stories that matter from the natural world: animals, plants, climate, oceans, space and health. Every story is written for curious readers, not specialists, with a reading time up front so you know what you're getting into. Browse Latest, Animals and Science, or dig into Earthpedia for the background on any species. It's the science news feed of a nature app, not a headline aggregator.

LISTEN WHILE YOU WALK
Every story can be read aloud. Press Listen and keep moving – skip back, speed up, or let the next one play.

IDENTIFY BIRDS AND PLANTS WITH YOUR CAMERA
Point your phone at a bird, a flower, a tree or a bug and get a name back. Each identification comes with the common name, the scientific name and a plain-English description, so you learn something each time. A plant identifier and a bird identifier in one app, with a species guide for browsing.

KEEP A FIELD NOTEBOOK
Everything you identify is saved with the date and the place you found it. Over a season, your nature journal becomes a record of the wildlife around your home, your trail or your travels.

LOCAL PULSE: WEATHER, UV AND AIR QUALITY WHERE YOU ARE
See the temperature, the hourly forecast and today's UV index. Air quality comes with health guidance for everyone in your family – children, older adults and athletes included. Pollen levels, drought conditions and local alerts sit alongside, with an all-clear when there's nothing to worry about.

YOUR SKY TONIGHT
Sunset and sunrise times, the moon phase and what's worth noticing tonight – including how fast the days are getting longer or shorter. Below that, the species other people have reported near you this week.

GROW YOUR TREE
Reading stories and naming species earns points, and your points grow a tree in your profile. Your record tracks stories read, your day streak and species named.

WHY EARTH
Earth.com has covered nature, science and the environment for years [CONFIRM: no founding date claimed]. The Earth app puts that reporting next to the tools you use outdoors – a nature app where the news you read and the world you walk through connect.

Earth is a free nature app. Nature, Science, Life.

Earth imagery courtesy of NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.

What’s new

Welcome to Earth, the first release. Read the day's nature and science stories, watch a short Daily Wonder, name the bird in your yard with your camera, and check the air and weather where you live. Every day you spend here earns points toward real trees planted in your name.
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