Wildlife near Newark, NJ
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.
Naturalists have logged 361,741 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Newark. The most frequently seen is the White Snakeroot, with 25,607 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (11 of the species listed here), followed by plants (11).
Most-observed species near Newark
Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.
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