Ptilotus senarius is a small shrub with pleasing purple-pink flowers near the Gulf of Carpentaria, and hadn’t been collected since 1967.

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) promotes the integration of citizen science in hydrology as part of its commitment to science-based water governance. The Citizens4Water webinar ...

In a remarkable turn of events, a citizen science app has played a crucial role in the rediscovery of a plant species that had been presumed extinct for nearly six decades. This intriguing case ...

A citizen science app has helped rediscover a plant species not known to have been sighted in more than half a century.

Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect? In a new study published in Citizen Science: Theory ...

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 ...

In a remarkable twist of fate, a citizen scientist has breathed new life into the story of an Australian shrub long thought to be extinct. The rediscovery of Ptilotus senarius, a small and slender ...

Western tanagers are migratory birds that are present in Northern California in the spring and again in late summer. A new study shows that observations by 'citizen scientists' using apps such as ...