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Credit

This site depends on two principle resources: Wikipedia and iNaturalist.

Taxon icons

The taxon icons (plantae, aves, etc.) are hosted by PhyloPic.

Learn the Planet thanks the following people for their icons:

Taxa photo credits and licencing

All taxa photographs used on this site are sourced from iNaturalist and are used under Creative Commons licences or are in the public domain (CC0). We respect the rights of photographers and only use images with permissive licences that allow educational and non-commercial use.

This is a non-profit educational platform dedicated to nature education, species identification, and citizen science, and will always remain free to use. Photos are used solely to supplement educational articles and enhance learning through visual recognition exercises and tests.

We acknowledge and thank the iNaturalist community of photographers whose contributions make this educational resource possible. Individual photo attributions and licence information are displayed by clicking on images where technically feasible (note: this feature is not available during interactive tests to preserve the testing experience).

NB Photos that have the "All rights reserved" licence or null (i.e. no licence stipulated), are excluded.

Photos with the following licences are included:

These licences allow educational and non-commercial use while respecting photographers' rights.

If you are a photographer and have concerns about the use of your image, please contact us at danhartleybcn@gmail.com.

Contributor photo policy

When you upload or link photos to Learn the Planet, you retain full ownership and rights to your images. Learn the Planet makes no claim to ownership of contributed photos.

By contributing photos, you grant Learn the Planet permission to display and use these images on the platform in perpetuity for your articles and lessons. Your uploaded photos remain private to you and are only accessible when you are creating or editing your own content.

Important You are responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to upload or link any photos you contribute. We strongly recommend using your own original photographs. If you use images from other sources, you must verify that you have proper permission or that the images are available under appropriate licenses for educational use

Learn the Planet operates as a non-profit educational platform, and all contributed content supports our mission of nature education, species identification, and citizen science.