The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched ...

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways.

New research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) has found that citizen science initiatives could be one of the keys to unlocking ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

Ever wondered what it might feel like to spot giant spider crabs while you're snorkeling? Or check plants for the circular ...

Imagining a future where we can monitor the health of the planet's forests and crops with millimeter precision is no longer science fiction. This is the objective of INTERSEN, a project included in ...

What judges look for when selecting the projects which earn awards in the North Carolina Science and Engineering fair each year. Students across North Carolina are pasting hypotheses and conclusions ...

From crosswords to conservation, enjoy a recap of the Times birding project. By The New York Times Starting in the spring, we invited readers to gather observations about the birds around them and ...

The European Space Agency’s Citizen Science Earth Observation Lab (CSEOL, pronounced “sizzle”) is accepting ideas for citizen science projects based on Earth observations until 5 May, as Uta Wehn of ...

Years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) often finds itself the butt of jokes. From satirical Webcomics to more scathing criticism, the flagship ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...