Our method
How we build knowledge
Knowledge does not go public just because we found it. This is the path every fact takes before it reaches you.
The path of every fact
Research and inventory
We start from an inventory of creatures built from documented scientific sources, recording each one's scientific name, classification and sources.
Evidence and sources
Every fact is linked to its source, and a fact without a source is never published.
Scientific review
Facts and Arabic names go through scientific review, and the wording in each language is checked before publication.
Approval and publication
Nothing is published without a formal approval, in a documented release that can be withdrawn or corrected whenever an error appears.
What do the marks on creatures mean?
- Officially approved
- Officially approved for publication after its information and sources were reviewed. Every fact in its profile cites a source.
- Under review
- On our list and still under review. We show only its name and classification; its facts appear once they are officially approved.
What we commit to
- We never publish a fact without a source.
- Ahmad answers only from approved knowledge, and says clearly when an answer is not approved.
- We never show precise locations of threatened species, only their general range.
Our scientific sources
Our content relies on and cites these scientific sources. Naming them does not imply a partnership with them or their endorsement of NAKTASHIF products.
- Catalogue of Life
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- NCBI Taxonomy
- IUCN Red List
- Plants of the World Online
- World Flora Online
- International Plant Names Index
- World Register of Marine Species
- FishBase
- Mammal Diversity Database
- BirdLife DataZone
- IOC World Bird List
- The Reptile Database
- Amphibian Species of the World
- AmphibiaWeb
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum
- AlgaeBase
- LPSN
- Paleobiology Database
- IUCN
- National Center for Wildlife
- Saudi National Center for Vegetation Cover
- Royal Commission for AlUla
- Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve
- NOAA Ocean Service
- أم القرى
- IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group
- FAO Locust Watch
- Cornell Lab
- NOAA Fisheries
- Harris & Layton
- ITIS
- Smithsonian's National Zoo
- هيئة البيئة – أبوظبي
- Feedipedia
- USDA Forest Service
- Ovis aries (Animal Diversity Web account, Reavill, C.)
- Streptopelia decaocto
- Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Tursiops aduncus, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
- Phoenix dactylifera L.
- Salvadora persica L.
- Salvadora persica in Flora of Pakistan
Our certifications
- شهادة توثيق التجارة الإلكترونية — نكتشف — رقم 0000337252 — سارية حتى 25 سبتمبر 2027.Verify the certification
