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 scanning for plants. Or crouched ...

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 ...

Anyone who keeps a bird feeder has likely had the same uneasy thought after seeing a sudden blur of wings in the yard: What ...

This year’s celebration highlights how Americans can support federal missions not only through NASA research, but also by ...

When Divina Cox was a child, the beaches in her home country of the Bahamas were typically postcard-perfect landscapes of fine white (and sometimes pink) sand at the edge of turquoise waters. But with ...

Record-breaking total of 15,000+ citizen science observations from the SETI Institute & Unistellar Network — up substantially from ~10,000 in 2024. Observers are already tracking fading 3I/ATLAS, new ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (#10002925), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (#10003301), and Simons ...

Until recently, the number of citizen scientists in Australia was estimated at between 100,000 and 130,000 people. But this is a major underestimate. My survey of about 20 key organisations suggests ...