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

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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 ...

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

We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite projects and resources for partaking in citizen science at home. If you’re interested in keeping up with Nature’s citizen science community, you can join our ...

This year’s Citizen Science Month may be winding down at the end of April, but you can help researchers collect and analyze their data all year long. This week, citizen science platform Zooniverse has ...

Since the early days of “citizen science,” many have wondered just how helpful a group of untrained people can be. The recent boom in citizen science projects has been lauded as a great way to both ...

This April, we’re celebrating Citizen Science Month, connecting you with new opportunities to find purpose, community, and even escape as you support the following research efforts: Every one of these ...

The project aims to gather more data on species that are difficult to monitor.

Bradley Allf receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Caren Cooper receives funding from the National Science Foundation. She is affiliated with SciStarter, as unpaid director of ...

Editors: Professor Josep Perelló (OpenSystems Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Dr Katja Mayer (University of Vienna, Austria), Dr Martina Franzen (Institute for Advanced Study in the ...