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

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

Citizen science, in which researchers work alongside members of the public to collect or analyze data, brings multiple benefits, extending the capabilities of research teams and aiding public ...

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

Citizens have contributed to science in Australia for many decades – and the field is now undergoing rapid growth ...

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 ...

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

You can be a scientist! Or at least you can play a crucial part in up-and-coming scientific research. Because citizen science is becoming increasingly accepted by researchers as a way to gather data.

Public participation in gathering and analyzing large amounts of scientific data began as a major trend about 15 years ago in a movement called “citizen science.” When asked if scientists could ...

Zoubeida R. Dagher, professor in University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), remembers the childhood joy she felt as she helped her brother with his homemade ...