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Time Out
25-04-2025
- Time Out
Go wild for the City Nature Challenge
Grab your phone, lace up your walking shoes, and get ready to explore Cape Town's rich natural heritage: the City Nature Challenge 2025 kicks off today (Friday, April 25), and for one long weekend, entry to all 16 City-run nature reserves is completely free. That's a day out at Rondevlei, Helderberg, or Rietvlei for nothing! Mahala! Now in its 10th year, the global City Nature Challenge is a friendly competition among over 2000 cities worldwide, each vying to document as much local biodiversity as possible using the free iNaturalist app. The theme for the 2025 Challenge is 'Bring the Globe Together for Biodiversity' and invites everyone – from seasoned twitchers to first-time nature lovers – to snap, upload, and contribute to a global snapshot of urban wildlife. "This challenge is about documenting the wildlife in our city," said Alderman Eddie Andrews, Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment. "Capetonians are spoiled for choice with an array of nature reserves and conservation areas. Access to the City's nature reserves will be free from 25 April until 28 April 2025 for those taking part in the challenge." Getting involved is as easy as taking a photo of any wild plant or animal and uploading it to the iNaturalist app. You'll need a smartphone (or a camera connected to the internet), GPS switched on, and an eye for nature's finest. The iNaturalist app is available for download on Android or iOS, and updates will roll out leading up to the challenge weekend. Schools, universities, and social groups are also encouraged to use the event as an outdoor learning opportunity in nearby parks, backyards, or local green spaces. Last year, Cape Town recorded over 42,000 wildlife sightings as part of the global tally of 2.4 million across 690 cities in 51 countries.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Texoma participates in City Nature Challenge to log biodiversity
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The City Nature Challenge is a global event taking place in communities worldwide and one local volunteer group wants to get Texomans involved. From Friday, April 25, to Monday, April 28, the challenge encourages community scientists of all levels to explore their local environment and contribute to biodiversity science and conservation by using a free mobile app called iNaturalist. RELATED STORY: Wichita Falls joins global city nature challenge movement The City Nature Challenge 2025 is a free event. Observations can be made by taking photographs and/or sound recordings of wild plants and animals and then uploading them to the app or the website. The iNaturalist app and the Seek by iNaturalist app are available in both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The event is sponsored by the California Academy of Science and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Locally, the Rolling Plains Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists is the host for this region, including Archer, Clay, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Started in 2016 as a competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the City Nature Challenge has grown into an international event. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
