Newark sits on the Passaic River and the tidal meadows at the top of Newark Bay, and the marshes are a genuine wildlife refuge in the shadow of the skyline. Ospreys and peregrine falcons nest around the port, great egrets and herons work the reeds, and diamondback terrapins live in the brackish channels. In the neighborhoods it is gray squirrels, red-tailed hawks, and the peregrines that hunt pigeons off the tall buildings.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Newark. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
348,411
recent observations
30
species listed
12
birds
11
plants
5
insects & arthropods
Naturalists have logged 348,411 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Newark. The most frequently seen is the white snakeroot, with 23,584 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (12 of the species listed here), followed by plants (11).