Making Nature an Essential Part of our Digital Lives
Your AI-assisted Adventure Toolkit: Get ready to explore the great outdoors like never before with WandrLust’s* all-in-one toolkit, featuring Critterpedia. This suite of features empowers effortless navigation through your personalised adventure, reigniting your connection with each other and the outdoors.
We’re turning nature into our greatest influencer and adventure into a lifestyle.
*WandrLust is our partner company
Your AI-assisted Adventure Toolkit
Fully immerse yourself in whatever your adventure might be. Whether you’re a digital nomad, hiking, or café hopping in Europe, easily coordinate meet-ups, find trails, hotels, identify wildlife, and more (built with WandrLust, our partner company)
Identifying animals, instantly
“A collaboration with the CSIRO Data61 has seen the construction of a tool that uses deep learning and citizen science to take the guesswork out of animal spotting.” CSIROScope
The WandrLust, featuring Critterpedia™” app is in development now, due for phase one release in Australia in 2024.
Instant Animal Identification
Powered by AI and Deep Learning
“A collaboration with the CSIRO Data61 has seen the construction of a tool that uses deep learning and citizen science to take the guesswork out of animal spotting.” CSIROScope
But this is just the beginning…
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Critterpedia Media
Critterpedia Supporters
Critterpedia’s amazing and select supporters have given their time and expertise to help in the creation of this revolutionary platform. Once development has finished, we can all benefit and learn from information about Australia’s wildlife that we can trust. Because the more of us who understand our wildlife, especially our misunderstood friends, the more we can unite and help to protect our planet’s biodiversity.
Andrew Taylor | Amazing Snake Photo Contributions
Snake Catcher | Reptile Consultant to Citizen Scientist Projects | Habitat and Wildlife Conservationist (Brisbane)
Scott Eipper | Expert Reptile Advisor to the Critterpedia Project
Nature 4 You | Herpetological Consultant/Photographer/Author | Snake Management Training | Emergency Removals | Educational Displays
Jesse Campbell | Amazing Hobbyist Herper
Studying Ecology and Environmental Science
John & Tina Mostyn | Expert Reptile Advisors to the Critterpedia Project
John’s Reptile Awareness Displays, Coast Snake Catchers – Central Coast
Lisa Wynn | Fantastic Snake Photographer
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macquarie University | Volunteer Wildlife Rescuer
Ákos Lumnitzer | Superb Photo Contributions
Wildlife Photography Expert | Author
Scott Waterhouse | Ex-Spiderphobe Turned Obsessed Spider Lover
A trip with naturalist Glen Thelfo, and to the Queensland Museum Spider Exhibition, sparked an intrigue that is now an obsession with spidey friends.
Ben Shoard | Snake Catcher | Mygalomorph Expert
Ben Shoard | Expert Advisor to Critterpedia on Australian Mygalomorph spiders.
Brian Bush | Supplier of Amazing Herp Photographs for Critterpedia
Biodiversity Environmentalist | Field Herpetologist | Snake Management Consultant | Aussie Larrikin
Kane Durrant | Snake Catcher | Reptile Expert | Wildlife Conservationist
WILD Conservation, Wild Snake Catchers (Sydney/NSW)
Anne Love | Amazing Snake Photo Contributions
Avid Wildlife/Nature Photographer (with several published images)
Geoff Hyde | Sensational Macro Photograph Contributor (Spiders)
Macro Photographer, Sydney | Biologist and Research Communication Consultant
Narelle Murphy | Araneomorph Enthusiast/Spider Expert
Australian Spider Identification Page | Goldburn Region Spider Seekers and more
Rob Wallis | Spider Image Contributor
Rob Wallis | Nature Enthusiast
Laurence Sanders | Passionate Nature Photographer
Rediscovery of the Long Lost ‘Thomisidae Monaeses brevicaudatus’ Spider, World-first Species Interaction!
Mick Fullerton | Venomous Snake Relocator | Wildlife Photography | Reptile Expert
Western Reptile Removal (Perth), Mick Fullerton Photography
Shane Gray (Iska) | Wildlife Fanatic | David Attenborough Enthusiast!
The Weird Wild: a Natural History of Oz, Brisbane Spiders
Robert Whyte | Expert Arachnid Advisor to the Critterpedia Project
Arachne.org.au, author of Spiders of Australia, Cooloola 2018 BioBlitz, Australian & NZ Arachnid Photography Facebook Page
Mal Campbell | Superb Wildlife Photographer
Animal Rescue/Rehabilitation (Sydney/NSW)
Ross McGibbon | Expert Reptile Advisor | Fantastic Reptile Image Contributor
Ross McGibbon | Wildlife Photographer (Ross McGibbon Reptile Photography) | Public Educator (Snake Safety & Awareness)
Milan Prasad | Awesome Spider Photo Contributions
Spider Enthusiast | Mygalomorph Specialist
Scott Johnson | The Funnel Web Hunter and Expert Mygalomorph Advisor to Critterpedia
Australian Spider Identification Page, Sydney Funnel-Web Spider Collector/Hunter
Paul Irvine | Exceptional Wildlife Photographer!
PWI Photography | Associate Member of Project Maratus
Tie Eipper | | Expert Reptile Advisor to the Critterpedia Project
Nature 4 You | Wildlife Consultant/Photographer/Author
Ray McGibbon | Snake Expert & Photograph Contributor
Professional Licensed Snake Catcher | Owner/Operator Ozstyle Reptiles | Wildlife Photographer | Reptile Expert (since 1987) | Reptile Educator | Funnel-web Collector (Venom Programs)
Adam Brice | Wildlife Photographer | Snake Catcher | Reptile Expert
Adam Brice Wild Nature, Mandurah Snake Removal | Peel, WA
Oliver Spohr | Exceptional Wildlife Photographer
Spohr Photography | Passionate Wildlife Lover | Environmental Advocate
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught.”
– Baba Dioum, Conservationist, Senegal, Africa
“When we lose biodiversity, we reduce our ability to fight climate change, grow sustainable and healthy crops, have access to clean and abundant water, prevent pandemics, and plan for a future for our children and grandchildren. Humans need biodiversity. And because the decline in biodiversity is caused by humans, biodiversity now needs us to transform our behaviour.” – The Wild Foundation
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal
#15 | Life on Land
Critterpedia is dedicated to advancing SDG #15 through our comprehensive roadmap. Our platform empowers individuals with the necessary tools to explore the great outdoors and get the most out of their time in nature, reigniting their profound fascination with the wonders of the natural world. Extensive studies consistently demonstrate that the deeper someone immerses themselves in nature, the more likely they are to make pro-environment choices. By empowering the broader community, we enable them to make better collective decisions that have a profound and lasting impact on the world we all share.
Our mission is to cultivate a new generation of environmental changemakers, all passionately working towards the common goal of restoring humankind’s invaluable relationship with nature. By providing the means to unite, humanity becomes the ultimate guardian of our planet’s precious ecosystems, its rich biodiversity, and the countless species that call it home. Together, we can forge a sustainable future for ourselves and for future generations, ensuring the preservation of our natural environment.
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
Critterpedia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout the world and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures; and to elders past, present and emerging.
