Citizen science data from the popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behavior in ...

The integration of citizen science with advanced drone technology presents a novel approach to environmental monitoring and ...

Citizen science data from popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behaviour ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Involving the public in wildlife sightings may become one of the keys in monitoring, and eventually safeguarding, Indonesia’s ...

In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, ...

The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched behind a tree trunk with binoculars, pausing mid-breath to find the source of a ...

Volunteers participate in the 2009 Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Now in its 115th year, Audubon touts the event as the largest and longest-running citizen science project in the world. Flickr user ...

WASHINGTON – Scientific research that involves nonscientists contributing to research processes – also known as ‘citizen science’ – supports participants’ learning, engages the public in science, ...

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 ...