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Celebrating the citizen in citizen science
Volunteers process birds as part of COASST program. Image credit: COASST I believe that citizen science is about citizenship as well as science. By this, I don’t mean citizenship in a specific country,...
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Exploring the wonder of birds through the Migratory Shorebird Project
I used to think of birds as delicate creatures, airy and carefree, with pretty feathers and pretty songs. Then I saw the film “Winged Migration” and came to understand just how gritty and daring these...
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Turtle Crossing in Wisconsin
Why did the turtle cross the road? Change the “why” to a “where,” and conservation biologist Andrew Badje just might be able to tell you. Through his work with the Wisconsin Turtle Conservation...
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Endangered Bumble Bee Gets Help From Citizen Scientists
The United States Endangered Species Act is often considered to be the most powerful piece of environmental legislation not just in the US, but in the world. As a result, when the U.S. Fish and...
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Citizen Scientists Diving to Study The Mystery of Manta Rays
This post is part of our Divers’ series. We encourage readers to continue the conversation by adding their own comments, question or concerns on our Facebook page. You’ll find links to other posts at...
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Weeding: It’s Not Just for Gardeners
By Kayla Keyes, Mote Marine Laboratory Recent news about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been grim: the most recent aerial survey of the reef identified a stretch of bleached coral over 900 miles...
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Take Action with the EarthEcho Water Challenge to Protect Local Waterways!
Take action with the EarthEcho Water Challenge to collect and share water quality data. Then, work to protect your local water resources. About the EarthEcho Water Challenge On March 22, this year’s...
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Go nuts with these 5 squirrel-themed citizen science projects
Squirrels are fantastic creatures that live all over the world, including your backyard! These floofy-tailed creatures are more than adorable (and sometimes annoying) creatures — they’re actually...
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🦈 Shark week — Citizen science edition
Dunnn dun, dunnn dun, dunn dun dun, dun dun dun dun dundundundun …! Maybe the shark from Jaws was just upset at all the plastic trash in the water? Either way, if we protect the water, we protect the...
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How Citizen Scientists Are Helping Sharks Around the World
(Image credit: Alex Rose/Unsplash) Mike Bear had just slipped underwater, offshore near San Diego, and was floating among the long fronds of a kelp forest when a long shadow passed between him and his...
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