eBird program informs songbird conservation across Americas
Citizen scientists involved in the eBird program are helping researchers identify the most important regions to focus conservation efforts across the Americas. This ...
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Canid Camera focuses on fostering young forests
Young forests help sustain an abundance of wildlife across the Northeast, and they can be more resilient to threats. But cutting down trees to let new ones grow can ...
Human emotion and behavior at bird feeders may impact conservation
Some 57 million households in the United States have birdfeeders. The food can benefit the birds, but what effect do birdfeeders have on the people who hang them, ...
Video: Spot a cat? There’s an app for that
TWS member Jason Luscier focuses on urban wildlife conservation, so when he needed more data on house cats (Felis catus) roaming the streets, he turned local ...
Student presentation: Implementing citizen science in research
Citizen science is growing in wildlife biology, providing an inexpensive, efficient way to collect large amounts of data. But how should researchers use it ...
City hawks flock to feeders to find prey
Bustling cities like Chicago are not usually known for their wildlife, but Cooper’s (Accipiter cooperii) and sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus) have been ...
Native plants are for the birds
A study of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) in the Washington, D.C., metro area found that even a few nonnative plants can make it hard for native birds ...
WSB: Personal benefits help attract citizen scientists
Researchers in Michigan found that citizen scientists were more likely to use a recently launched citizen science phone app when they saw personal benefits from ...
BioBlitz joins BLM, citizen scientists in New Mexico desert
The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District recently sponsored its first Bioblitz at the Dripping Springs Natural Area, attracting volunteers from the ...
Does citizen science work as well as federal bird monitoring?
Two weeks ago, eBird logged its 500 millionth observation. Launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 2002, the online checklist is a handy resource for birders, ...