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Digests from the front lines of citizen science. Reporters illuminate the people and ideas behind the hundreds of fascinating citizen science projects aggregated on this blog's parent site, http://www.scienceforcitizens.net . Meet the researchers and the volunteers working with them to change how science gets done. Learn about their project. Then get involved in advancing scientific research!
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The editors at ExtremeTech scoured projects featured on SciStarter and highlighted their favorites. Are your favorite projects among those featured here? If not, post a comment to let the editors know!
If you are looking for a place where you can get involved in science projects, specifically citizen science ones, then SciStarter is the [...]
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We thought you might enjoy this list of apps and other resources for field biologists (and citizen scientists!). This list was created by emilio m. bruna and his class at the University of Florida (Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation):
http://brunalab.org/apps/
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This post originally appeared on Your Wildlife and was reposted with the permission of the author, Holly Menninger.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched and envied reports and photos coming from those of you living within the emergence zone of Brood II 17-year periodical cicadas (from Georgia to Connecticut). We even traveled westward to witness [...]
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The American kestrel nesting season is in full swing!
Found throughout the Americas, the American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest of the North American falcons. Unfortunately, its population is in decline particularly along the Pacific Coast and in New England. Much of the decline is due to land clearing which reduces the kestrel’s natural nesting [...]
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Spring has sprung! Citizen scientists like you can now shed your winter layers and say hello again to the great outdoors. Here are ten projects that can help your appetites for citizen science blossom along with the flowers this season.
1. Hummingbirds @ Home
Track, report, and follow the spring hummingbird migration to understand how hummingbirds [...]
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