Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Nathaniel Scharping, Oct 31, 2022
In the United States, it is estimated that more than one million vertebrate animals are killed by vehicle collisions every day. Yet, despite the ubiquity of roadkill, there is actually little comprehensive data on how many animals are killed by cars every year. The U.S. has no national database for roadkill, and most states don’t … Read more “This Citizen Science Project Is Taking On Roadkill — and Potentially Saving Animals”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Project Profile
By SciStarter Team, Jul 26, 2022
Dunnn dun, dunnn dun, dunn dun dun, dun dun dun dun dundundundun …! 🦈 Maybe the shark from Jaws was just upset at all the plastic trash in the water? Either way, if we protect the water, we protect the sharks. Find citizen projects below that guide you on making and sharing observations to help advance … Read more “🦈 Shark week — Citizen science edition”
Categories: Newsletter
By SciStarter Team, Jul 20, 2022
Squirrels are fantastic creatures that live all over the world, including your backyard! These floofy-tailed creatures are more than adorable (and sometimes annoying) creatures — they’re actually perfect models to study evolution, species conservation and habitats (like woodpecker cavities). Your local squirrel observations are needed for research questions like these and more. Find out how … Read more “Go nuts with these 5 squirrel-themed citizen science projects”
Categories: Newsletter
By Eva Lewandowski, Feb 02, 2017
Wild animals get sick from parasites, fungi, and other causes just like people and pets do, but they don’t usually have doctors to help them get better. Instead, you can help them with citizen science! Below, we highlight five projects that study wildlife diseases. Find more projects on SciStarter to do now, or bookmark your … Read more “Wildlife Disease Citizen Science”
Categories: Amphibians, Animals, Citizen Science, Insects, Newsletter
By Eva Lewandowski, Jan 19, 2017
January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day! Celebrate by participating in one of these squirrel-centric projects. It sounds a little nutty, but researchers rely on your squirrel observations to advance research about these furry friends. Find more projects on SciStarter to do now, or bookmark your favorites for later! Cheers! The SciStarter Team Photo: USFWS Project … Read more “Spot a Squirrel and Help Science”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Newsletter
By Guest Contributor, Jun 16, 2015
A citizen science program documents the movement of six species in the mountain ranges and river valleys of northern New Mexico helping create wildlife corridors. For more wildlife related citizen science projects, visit SciStarter. by Sharman Apt Russel Wild animals glide so easily through the landscape, into bushes and leaves, up trees, around corners, even … Read more “Can You Name this Paw Print?”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors
