Tag: volunteers

February 15, 2022

Counting seals from space

Volunteer scientists have helped researchers obtain a baseline count of Weddell seals in Antarctica using satellite images. The number of seals they counted is just a fraction of previous estimates,...

April 13, 2021

Wild Cam: Community scientists help detect North Carolina wildlife

It’s impossible for researchers to be in many places at once, and sometimes spots on private land are off limits altogether. That’s where community scientists come in. In North Carolina,...

October 12, 2020

Community scientists help monitor insects

Volunteer community scientists are monitoring the abundance of dragonflies and damselflies in an effort that will help scientists track insect declines around the world. Scientists, who published their research recently...

May 10, 2017

New programs tackle Burmese pythons in Florida

Florida wildlife officials have launched a number of new initiatives to tackle the spread of the invasive Burmese python, an introduced species that has been impacting native wildlife in the...