Chris Anderson, a praying mantis expert, recently discovered a photo of a leaf mantis uploaded by a user on the citizen ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

As scientific and environmental budgets across the world shrink, citizen science could be a key way to bridge the current ...

Citizen science is a powerful tool for involving more people in research. By influencing policy, it is transforming conservation at global, national and local levels. Citizen science actively ...

A little while ago, I wrote an article titled Red Relief Image Maps are interesting. The act of ordinary people trying to ...

Citizen science is a popular method of gathering data for natural and social scientists, with the number of projects and publications produced growing year by year. A typical citizen science project ...

Scientists need to focus on tangible efforts to boost equity, diversity, and inclusion in citizen science, argue a group of researchers. Published in the journal Science, the perspective is a response ...

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 ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a program designed to involve Girl Scouts in citizen science — in which members of the public can participate in scientific research — ...

Do you love nature? Enjoy exploring the outdoors, spotting lizards, watching birds, or listening for frog calls? Or maybe you just want to make a positive impact on the environment in small ways every ...

A few small studies have found that citizen science volunteers tend to be white, well-educated and have high incomes. But this homogeneity of participants is common knowledge among researchers, and ...

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