Tag: citizen science

In 2019 and again in 2020, swarms of painted lady butterflies irrupted in the millions in Southern California. People couldn’t drive their cars without the insects crashing into their vehicles’...

Have urban birds lost their ability to rough it due to the comforts of city living? Researchers wanted to learn more about urban bird behavior, but they needed help. “How...

A video of bobcats and coyotes tearing into a bloody, rotting carcass isn’t usually inspirational. But when researchers Katharine Stone and Michael McTee were looking to learn more about the...

Islands are popular spots for birdwatching—places to get a glimpse of unusual resident species as well as migratory species passing through. As a result, islands have an outsize presence on...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers began to worry about the fate of long-term wildlife monitoring programs. The Breeding Bird Survey of North America was put on pause...

Citizen science has come to play an important role in research. Some volunteer naturalists keep track of birds and butterflies or comb through camera trap photos. Others scroll through images...

Biologists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology knew their BirdNET app was popular. Since they rolled it out, over 2.2 million people have used it to identify birds by their...

Concerns about monarch butterfly populations have made them contenders for Endangered Species Act protections, but a new study contradicts those fears, finding that monarchs are not in as much trouble...

If you’re going on a vacation, you may be able to help researchers collect important information about endangered species. Researchers have trained computers to search social media and find photos...

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