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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’re walking in a natural area, and you see a little bird flitting around in the underbrush. You wonder what type of bird ...

Veteran CPI(M) leader and chairman of Administrative Reforms Committee V.S. Achuthanandan has urged the government to bring in regulations on eBird, a mobile application linked to an electronic ...