A study published in the journal Ornithological Applications shows how conservation organizations are using data from ...

In July 1992, two Danish birders visiting Patagonia, Arizona reported the first-ever, mega-rare cinnamon hummingbird in the United States. Back then, reporting rare birds required phoning in ...

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 ...

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ITHACA, N.Y. - Millions of people donate billions of dollars' worth of their time to citizen-science projects each year. While these efforts have broadened our understanding of everything from birds ...

Biologists report that eBird observations match trends in bird species populations measured by US government surveys to within 0.4 percent. As long as there have been birdwatchers, there have been ...

Holly Merker’s eyes are constantly on the tree tops. During a outing to the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum on the outskirts of Philadelphia, her small frame is bogged down by more gear than a ...

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 ...