Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

The principal behind citizen science is to use the power of collaborative volunteer research to explore or collect huge data sets. These are ones that researchers simply couldn’ ...

Two marsupials thought extinct for 7,000 years found alive - and an iNaturalist user helped prove it.

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 ...

Join Tanja Harmon and guest Caroline Nickerson on this week’s Sustainable Living show to discuss becoming a citizen scientist. Caroline Nickerson, PhD, is a science communication researcher and civic ...

Distant exoplanets can be dodgy to spot even in the best of observations. Despite the challenges, a team of astronomers just reported the discovery of a gas giant exoplanet that lies about 400 ...

It’s good to have resolutions. Whether they are declarations of hope and change, or commitments to service or self-improvement, resolutions remind us that we have the ability to change ourselves and ...

Mother and daughter citizen scientists find what is believed to be the largest coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef and possibly in the world.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) proudly announced the 2025 National Citizen Scientist Awards ® elevated honorees. GAP’s Citizen ...

AMES, Iowa – Some four years ago, a citizen scientist helping the Milky Way Project study Spitzer Space Telescope images for the tell-tale bubble patterns of star formation noticed something else.

Some recent experiences have triggered childhood memories of outings in our family car with dad and mom cruising on highways and mostly unpaved country roads of past years. The events may appear ...

Science, myth, music, art and philosophy all orbit around Jon Larsen, the magnetic heart of Elisabeth Rasmussen’s absorbing, informative documentary which follows his hunt for stardust over 10 years.