Field Guides
What is a Field Guide?
Field guides are free, practical tools to identify, study, and protect the millions of species on Earth. These easy-to-use resources are filled with beautiful images and scientific information to help people engage with the diversity of nature and culture on our planet.
Free and Accessible
Guides are freely available to everyone. Instead of weighty, expensive, technical books, these lightweight catalogs provide easy-to-access, on-the-ground resources.
Visual Identification Tools
Every field guide is packed with beautiful images and scientific information to help people engage with the diversity of nature and culture on our planet.
Made with You
Our experts work with scientists, educators, local communities, indigenous leaders, and people passionate about nature and science to turn your photos and species information into beautiful guides.
Create a Field Guide
Authors can submit guides with high-resolution images and scientific identification using one of our website's templates. Our team of experts works with authors to design and verify their guides before publishing them on our website.
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Featured Field Guides
Our Mission
Field Museum Field Guides promote a deeper engagement with conservation efforts by helping people identify and better understand the full range of species and cultural diversity in their local communities and around the world.
What We Stand For
The Field Museum strives to reflect the wide range of identities, experiences, and perspectives found within our staff, audiences, and communities. As part of this, the Field Guides team collaborates with people worldwide who share our love of nature and commitment to conservation.
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Featured Field Guides
The Field Museum Field Guides are free, accessible resources filled with beautiful images and scientific information to help people engage with the diversity of nature and culture on our planet. Access thousands of field guides from around the world co-created by scientists, educators, local communities, and indigenous leaders.
Common Butterflies of the Chicago Region Field Guide
This guide will help identify some of the many species of butterflies found in the Chicagoland area.Common Wild Bees of Illinois Field Guide
Use this guide to help identify less recognizable bee species common in Illinois.Colors in the Rice Native Gardens Field Guide
The Field Museum invites you to awaken your senses as you venture through the Field Museum’s Rice Native Gardens and experience the beautiful colors of the natural world.
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