In Michigan, a citizen science project tracking salamander migration is bringing a community together and building a dataset

Published: April 8, 2026
“The reason that this really works as a science project is a little bit of an accident of geography” - Dr. Jill Leonard

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Exploring workforce needs and intergenerational learning in informal STEM education

Published: August 7, 2026
[…] of environmental justice education in the Department of Education at UCLA who is also a citizen of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall, Idaho, in addition to being of Paiute […]

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Making a Mini-Forest: participatory science afforestation across the globe

Published: August 4, 2026
[…] measurements of temperature, wind speed, and arthropod presence. Mini-forest organizers further engage participants by encouraging the citizen scientists to collect this information, which may then be used to encourage future mini-forest […]

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“We want to infuse them with the spirit:” Earthwise Aware’s unique approach to community building and collaboration in participatory science

Published: July 27, 2026
Scientific research shapes many aspects of everyday life. Citizen science, also known as participatory science, offers one way for non-experts to directly participate in the scientific process. In a 2020 survey […]

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Libraries can play a key role in expanding participatory science involvement, SciStarter founder says

Published: July 16, 2026
"The libraries can take a citizen science project and really add those community roots, so people end up taking action more." — Darlene Cavalier

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In South Boston, three organizations team up to cultivate a sunny new green space for neighbors and pollinators alike

Published: June 23, 2026
[…] Great Sunflower Project is really, you know, inspiring,” Tougias explained, in reference to a nationwide  citizen science project encouraging the public to visit green spaces and record pollinator observations. “[It’s] in part, […]

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A participatory science project during an eclipse studies how awe in nature fosters science identity and belonging

Published: June 15, 2026
[…] takeaways we can document here is that folks who participate in these participatory science or citizen science projects can benefit from it. They do feel awe, and that does increase their […]

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Researchers examine the expanding use of participatory science data by state agencies

Published: May 11, 2026
“Every time somebody uploads a photo to iNaturalist or another citizen science project, it is an observation of biodiversity, but it's also an observation of how someone interacted with the natural […]

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“Science is something that we do together.” Benjamin Richards on how OceanEyes collaborates with citizen scientists to monitor deepwater fish in Hawai’i

Published: April 4, 2026
“Any individual image is going to be annotated or looked at by 15 independent volunteer citizen scientists.” — Benjamin Richards

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Scott Loarie says conservation science isn’t moving fast enough. He describes how iNaturalist is helping

Published: March 18, 2026
[…] with nature to drive global conservation. The iNaturalist app is one of the world’s largest citizen science platforms with more than 4 million users across the world today. We’ll hear from […]

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