Citizen Paleontologists Are Making History
This year's Snowmastodon Project got citizen scientists and researchers working together to uncover a wealth of fossils near Aspen, CO. This post was originally published on Citizen Science Buzz, a...
View ArticleDivers Help Quell the Roar of Invasive Lionfish
A lionfish near the Caribbean island of Bonaire (Photo by Anne Pharamond) This post was originally published on Citizen Science Buzz, a blog on TalkingScience that highlights science projects that are...
View ArticleTracking the Wild Horseshoe Crabs of New York
Spawning horseshoe crabs (photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service) This post was originally published on Citizen Science Buzz, a blog on TalkingScience that highlights science projects that are...
View ArticleGet Your Feet Wet on World Water Monitoring Day!
On September 18, 2011, people around the world will be taking a closer look at their local waterways during World Water Monitoring Day. Join in the project and help figure out whether the freshwater...
View ArticleFall into Citizen Science – Watch a Plant!
The leaves of red maple trees turn bright red as temperatures cool in the fall. Plants have a lot going on as autumn temperatures cool. Some leaves turn bright yellow or red and fall from trees. Fruits...
View ArticleCitizen Science: the Animated Movie
There should be more animated movies about citizen science, don’t you think? Thankfully, the people at a weather-focused citizen science project called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Count the Stars
Each purple mark is where someone has taken a look at the stars overhead and reported the data to Star Count. Wow! Take a look at the map on the Great World Wide Star Count website. The fall campaign...
View ArticleHunting for Bugs at BioBlitz
They found paper wasps, cactus flies and fruit flies. They saw dragonflies and butterflies zooming about. And when they peered into bushes like hackberry and creosote they saw ants, termites and...
View ArticleCitizen Science Test Drive: Three Mobile Apps for Exploring Nature
Today, we are launching a series of SciStarter blog posts titled, “Citizen Science Test Drive” where we will present first-person reviews of citizen science apps, tools and platforms. If you would...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Lens On Nature?
The Carolina Wren nest in David Gessner’s writing shack. Read about how they left the nest in his blog. When, this spring, writer David Gessner found that a nest of Carolina Wrens had taken up...
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