Defining Citizen Science in Context | Panelists opened by offering working definitions of citizen science—not just as data collection by non-scientists, but as a broader model for collaboration, where ...

Vast online archives of photos, videos and sound recordings collected by the public are reshaping how scientists study the ...

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways. The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly ...

Educators are increasingly integrating citizen science into K–12 curricula, supported by new toolkits, research insights, and classroom-tested strategies. Programs like the California Academy of ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. April has always felt like a favorite time of year for people who like science, civic life and the idea that ordinary citizens can still ...

A Vienna-based citizen science study analyzed urban red fox sightings, revealing higher encounter rates in gardens, low-density housing, parks, and squares compared to industrial or agricultural areas ...

Citizen science project uses Euclid telescope data to find gravitational lenses. Public helps identify light-bending galaxies ...

Community help is no longer just nice to have in the world of bat conservation, it is essential to large-scale bat monitoring ...

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with ...