Citing and reusing what you find

Every species page ends with a citation in APA, MLA and BibTeX form. It names the page, the year and its address. Pages change when the data is rebuilt, so note the “data as of” date in the page footer if the exact figures matter.

To cite one fact rather than the page, cite the source shown behind it. The “src” mark beside each value gives the dataset and its reference.

It depends on the part of the page. Facts and figures come from open datasets and keep each dataset’s licence. Photos and recordings belong to their creators, under the licence printed beside each one: credit the creator, not this site. Text quoted from Wikipedia is under CC BY-SA and must keep its attribution.

The site’s own text, such as summaries, the glossary and these guides, may be quoted with a link back.

Yes. Near the foot of each species page is a short piece of code that places a card for that animal on another site: its photo with credit, names, status and a link back. Use it unaltered, so the credit and the link stay visible.

No. The site is free to read, quote and link to, but the collection as a whole is not offered as an API or as bulk files, and copying it wholesale is against the terms of use.

AI assistants and search tools may read pages to answer questions. A plain-text version of each species page exists to help them do that accurately.