Sonoran Species Compendium
A living record of Sonoran Desert biodiversity.
This project is still taking shape — more content is on its way.
A seed harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus) running across a piece of charcoal near a campfire in the Superstition Wilderness.
An ever-growing record of the remarkable diversity of life across the Sonoran Desert. Built from thousands of field observations over more than a decade, the Compendium focuses connects species, habitats, and ecological interactions into a freely accessible resource for naturalists, educators, and the endlessly curious.
Explore the Biodiversity Catalog
Dive into our field catalog of the organisms we’ve photographed across Arizona and beyond. Browse the gallery or follow sightings on the map. You can filter by collection site, by taxonomy from kingdom to species, or by behavior, life stage, and anatomy. Each species has its own summary of when, where, and alongside what else it was found.
