It often starts with something small, such as a new bird in a branch, a vibrant butterfly in a yard, a colorful plant growing ...

The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched ...

Defining Citizen Science in Context | Panelists opened by offering working definitions of citizen science—not just as data collection by non-scientists, but as a broader model for collaboration, where ...

LONGMEADOW — The wooden post by a path in the Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife Refuge bears a sign encouraging people to participate in a bit of citizen science. Take a photo with a smartphone of the ...

Roadmap for scaling citizen science in wetland restoration. The figure illustrates the progression from current approaches, where citizen science remains fragmented and marginal, to emerging ...

Coral reefs hide "scientific treasures" that have survived for centuries, yet many of these giant, ancient organisms remain ...

Record-breaking total of 15,000+ citizen science observations from the SETI Institute & Unistellar Network — up substantially from ~10,000 in 2024. Observers are already tracking fading 3I/ATLAS, new ...

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways. The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly ...

Colombian biologists have leveraged hundreds of observations made by non-scientists to build up a picture of hummingbirds' range in time and space. Colombia is a global hot-spot of deforestation, with ...

Ecologists are asking islanders to help track small mammals through a new citizen science project called Garden Paws.