2025 Results!

In our First ever City Nature challenge, Columbia had...

- 9,045 observations (top 14% of cities globally)

- 1,723 Wild species (top 9% of cities globally)

- 261 Unique Observers (top 15% globally)

- 43 species with Research Grade Observations (so far) never before recorded in our area

- 16 events across Columbia, with 301 total attendees. Check out our full schedule here

- Our most recorded species was Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, 54 observations)

Globally, this was also the largest City Nature Challenge ever, with 669 cities across 6 continents making...

- 3,310,131 Total Observations

- 73,765+ Total Species

- 102,945 Unique Observers

Thank you so much to everyone who participated and helped make the 2025 Columbia City Nature Challenge a huge success!