The wild is closer
than you think.
Every park, trail, and backyard holds animals you’ve never named.
Free to start, and it takes under a minute.
SafeIdentified · 97% match
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
The catalog
Watch the blanks fill in.
The grayed-out animals are species recorded around you that you haven’t met yet. Four rarity tiers (Common, Uncommon, Rare, and “Rare here” for a species far from its range) turn every catch into points, and the chase for a complete journal into the game.
Red Fox
Mourning Dove
Green Anole
White-tailed Deer
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Blue Jay
Bobcat
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Roseate Spoonbill
American Bullfrog
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River Otter
Barred Owl
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Largemouth Bass
Luna Moth
Ask RooThe loop
Point your phone. Get an entry.
You photograph the animal, Wanderoo names it, and it lands in your journal with the shot you took. No field guide to flip through, no dead ends, even a distant or blurry photo works.
Point your phone at the animal
On the trail, in the backyard, or at the zoo. One tap on whatever you can see, even if you have no idea what it is.
Wanderoo names it in seconds
Species, taxonomy, rarity, conservation status, and a distance-first safety read that leads with “keep back.”
Your photoUncommonRarityRed Kangaroo
Logged to your journal
Your shot, pressed into your journal
The entry keeps your own photo, earns XP and a rarity seal, and sometimes a new badge. Your private collection grows and pulls you back outside.
One entry, everything
Every find is a full specimen card, not just a name.
Behind the three-second answer is a complete record, catalogued like a naturalist’s plate and kept private in your journal.
- Taxonomy & conservation status. Class, family, and how threatened it is.
- Habitat & diet. Where it lives and what it eats.
- Rarity & XP. Four tiers, sealed onto the card.
- Safety first. How close is too close, before anything else.
UncommonRarityRed Fox
Vulpes vulpes
- Class
- Mammalia
- Status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Woodland edge
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Rarity
- Uncommon · +25
- Safety
- Give it space
Anywhere on Earth
“Near you” means near you, not near us.
Wanderoo reads live occurrence records for your exact location, so the species it surfaces are the ones actually seen around your pin. A marsh in Florida, a fell in Scotland, a park two streets over.
- Your pin, your list. Species ranked by what’s actually around you now.
- Cached by locale & month. Fast, and honest when the data is thin.
- Every catch drops a pin, so your map becomes a record of where you’ve wandered.
River Otter
Seen 2 days ago
Great Blue Heron
Seen today
Roseate Spoonbill
Seen 5 days ago
Green Anole
Seen today
Pig Frog
Heard 1 day ago
Florida Gar
Seen 3 days ago
Never a dead end
A confident best guess, even on a bad shot.
Blur, backlight, a tail vanishing into brush. Wanderoo still returns a ranked call with a match score, so you’re never staring at “no results.” Hard shots resolve, and you keep moving.
Better with friends
The chase is more fun as a party.
Bring the people you explore with. Compare catches, climb a friendly weekly leaderboard, and see what everyone is finding, without anyone giving away their secret spots.
- Invite your crew. Friendships are mutual, so your journal is only ever seen by people you add back.
- A weekly leaderboard. A fresh race every week rewards getting out, not who started first.
- A friends map that protects them. You see roughly where friends are finding things, never the exact pin.
Roo · your field guide
Ask Roo about any animal.
Roo is a chat, not a search box. Ask where to find a species, whether it’s safe to get closer, or when it’s most active, the way you’d ask a friend who knows the trail.
Watch closely. Leave no trace.
The point is to observe wildlife, not disturb it. Every entry opens with how much room to give, so you can catalogue the moment and let the animal stay wild. The distance that keeps you safe is the same one that lets it carry on as if you were never there.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
Is it free?
Yes. Creating your journal and identifying animals is free. A Plus tier adds more saved areas down the line.
Does it work where I live?
Anywhere on Earth. “Near you” draws on live wildlife records for your exact spot, whether that’s a marsh in Florida or a fell in Scotland.
Do I need to install anything?
Not to get started. Open Wanderoo and begin right away. Native iOS and Android apps are on the way.
What happens to my photos?
Your catalog is private by default. Nothing is ever public unless you choose to share a find.
What if my photo is bad?
You still get a ranked best guess with a match score, never a dead end, and can refine from there.
What can it identify?
Birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and more. In the wild or at a venue.
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Make an account in under a minute, then go outside and meet something. Roo handles the rest.
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