Citizen science data from the popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behavior in ...

Citizens are taking water testing into their own hands as sewage spills in rivers and on beaches increasingly get reported.

In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched behind a tree trunk with binoculars, pausing mid-breath to find the source of a ...

The integration of citizen science with advanced drone technology presents a novel approach to environmental monitoring and ...

Citizen science is at the intersection of public participation, technology, and existing research projects,” said Alicia Lillich, emerging technologies specialist at the National Institutes of Health ...

Initiatives to help citizen science projects communicate about their results are paving the way for ordinary people to take the lead as effective and trustworthy science communicators. While citizen ...

This April, we’re celebrating Citizen Science Month, connecting you with new opportunities to find purpose, community, and even escape as you support the following research efforts: Every one of these ...

Involving the public in wildlife sightings may become one of the keys in monitoring, and eventually safeguarding, Indonesia’s ...

A few small studies have found that citizen science volunteers tend to be white, well-educated and have high incomes. But this homogeneity of participants is common knowledge among researchers, and ...

WASHINGTON – Scientific research that involves nonscientists contributing to research processes – also known as ‘citizen science’ – supports participants’ learning, engages the public in science, ...