Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

First-year student Reba Prabhakhar will help sift through crowdsourced telescope videos of the moon being hit by meteoroids ...

On April 13, France's National Museum of Natural History announced the launch of 'Bugs Matter: les insectes, ça compte!' ...

Monday’s eclipse is bringing together a diverse group of citizen scientists, working to collectively enhance our knowledge of the Sun and Earth’s atmosphere. Reading time 4 minutes Several ...

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

Citizen science is a powerful tool for involving more people in research. By influencing policy, it is transforming ...

Citizen science projects are meant to involve the public in research, but researchers are starting to ask if the name itself is exclusionary. Could "citizen" discourage Indigenous people and ...

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

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways.

North Carolina State University researchers recently found that a program designed to get Girl Scouts involved in citizen science – programs where members of the public can participate in real ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...