Melissa Humphries receives funding from the MRFF, NIH, USDoD and DSTG. Caitlyn Forster does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

The nonprofit iNaturalist announced that it received a $1.5-million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm to develop generative AI tools for species identification. The news didn’t go over well Users ...

Online searches using the citizen science database iNaturalist were a key piece of evidence in the Erin Patterson trial. Mushroom experts and citizen science organisations like Fungimap are discussing ...

The iNaturalist app and website lets average users participate in citizen science projects and identifies plants and animals from photos. Credit: mashable / vicky leta A Mashable Choice Award is a ...

Jennifer Rycenga used to get depressed when she thought about the environment. The impacts of climate change made the avid birdwatcher feel powerless. Until a rattlesnake appeared in her path on a ...

The number of peer-reviewed studies using iNaturalist data has surged more than tenfold in the past five years, new research shows. Reading time 3 minutes With a smartphone in hand, anyone can be a ...

Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted reptile in ...