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A New Association Wants YOU! Calling all Supporters of Citizen Science!
IMAGINE a world where all people are able to understand, value, and participate in science. This is the vision that inspires the Citizen Science Association (CSA), an emerging organization that will...
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First-ever bluebird twins highlight citizen science’s value in studying rare...
Gerald Clark enjoys birds Last September, Mr. and Ms. Winfield were reported in the news as defying odds of one in a trillion! Did they win a lottery? Not the usual kind. They found 6 double-yolked...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Weekly Roundup
Once again, at the intersection of leisure time and scientific inquiry are many new discoveries. Many people doubt the ability of non-professionals to contribute to scientific research. The proof is...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: What citizen science has told us
For this week’s roundup, there are two new papers that used data from Breeding Bird Atlas programs in order to spot trends in bird populations in relation to environmental changes. One study with Atlas...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Shake it up with the fast pace of citizen science
For the past few weeks, I’ve been highlighting scientific findings made possible by citizen science that appeared in the literature each week. Methods of public engagement in sharing observations are...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Roundup of recent discoveries
Continuing the tradition of thanking citizen science for new understanding of the natural world, below is a list of some of the publications from the last two weeks that relied on citizen science....
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Jefferson’s Legacy Cultivates a Nation of Amateurs
On the original Independence Day, founding father Thomas Jefferson understood the connection between knowledge and freedom. Now, 238 years later, this week’s round-up of scientific papers relying on...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: The Key to Unlocking Collaborative Conservation for...
This was a big week in the news for citizen science in bird conservation. Audubon released a report on projected impacts of climate change on birds. The annual State of the Birds report was released...
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Try it, you might like it
Margaret Mead, the world-famous anthropologist said, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” The sentiment...
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Coop’s Scoop: Citizen Science in Schools
Mountain Goat Survey (photo by Glacier NPS) For several decades, citizen science has advanced research agendas while propelling informal science education outside the classroom. Citizen science has...
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