Submit a sighting
You can contribute to the ALA by recording individual sightings of plants, animals or fungi. You will need the date, location, and the name of the spec...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 at 12:06 PM
To see all your sightings on the ALA, follow these steps: Go to the Atlas of Living Australia homepage, and Log in to the ALA, using the orange tab in the...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 at 9:34 AM
To edit or delete your records: Go to the Atlas of Living Australia homepage, and Log in to the ALA, using the orange tab in the top right corner of the p...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 at 9:36 AM
The ALA receives many requests for help to identify animals, plants and other organisms, often from a photo or physical description. As much as we would lik...
Tue, 12 Feb, 2019 at 10:27 AM
An identification key is a tool to assist a user identify an organism. It guides the user along a path towards an identification. There are three main ty...
Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 at 2:22 PM
Your sightings are immediately visible on the My Sightings page but there is a delay for records to flow through to the main ALA record database (occurrence...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 at 9:39 AM
You can change or fine tune the location (latitude and longitude) of a sighting you entered into the ALA in two ways. Log in to the ALA and navigate to...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 at 9:41 AM
To celebrate the ABC’s first Australian natural history series in almost 20 years, the ALA has teamed up with the ABC to encourage people to explore our ama...
Thu, 7 Feb, 2019 at 5:52 PM
If you're not exactly sure what species you have photographed, please enter your best guess for the name of the species. E.g. Koala, Swamp Wallaby, ...
Thu, 7 Feb, 2019 at 10:42 AM