Quantcast
Channel: SciStarter Blog » Lisa Gardiner
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

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 Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Divers 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Tracking 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Get 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Fall 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 Article


Citizen 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

It’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 Article

Hunting 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Citizen 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What’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...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live




Latest Images