When I, Erik Meijaard, worked as a wildlife consultant for a timber concession in Borneo, I often chatted with the logging ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editors: Professor Josep Perelló (OpenSystems Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Dr Katja Mayer (University of Vienna, Austria), Dr Martina Franzen (Institute for Advanced Study in the ...

This year’s Citizen Science Month may be winding down at the end of April, but you can help researchers collect and analyze their data all year long. This week, citizen science platform Zooniverse has ...

Red squirrels have returned to Aberdeen city centre, reversing a retreat north dating back to the 1970s.

Since the early days of “citizen science,” many have wondered just how helpful a group of untrained people can be. The recent boom in citizen science projects has been lauded as a great way to both ...

Nearly 85 percent of the waste found in national parks is plastic or plastic-mixed material, according to a report by 5 Gyres ...

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Throughout April, Science Friday is celebrating Citizen Science Month, connecting you with new opportunities to do science, find community, and even spend some time outside. This year, we are ...

We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite projects and resources for partaking in citizen science at home. If you’re interested in keeping up with Nature’s citizen science community, you can join our ...