I started using iNaturalist in 2018. I had been using the app, a free citizen science platform that defies easy categorization, to record the wildlife I observed as I traveled. A sort of real-life ...

"Get out in nature and help scientists take the pulse of living things... plants and animals in the Twin Cities area so that we can know given how much the ecosystems are changing from development or ...

Yes, that’s a flip phone pointed at a panda. Why, what does your hike look like? Photo via Twitter/The Atlantic Thursday morning the Atlantic tweeted out a link to a story about iNaturalist, an app ...

Not everyone wandering around outside with their phones is searching for Pokémon. Some people are searching for real, rare wildlife. Urban biologists are tracking down everything from raccoon families ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine master naturalist Roger Rittmaster will offer an informative look at ...

The monarch butterfly is the most reported species on iNaturalist, an online system for reporting and identifying animals and plants based on photos shot and uploaded by observers around the world, ...

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Can artificial intelligence help people learn about nature? And if so, is using this technology worth the environmental toll and other consequences? On June 10 the nonprofit organization iNaturalist, ...

Earth Day is Monday but the rest of the month is packed with four challenging nature related events to participate in between April 26-29. 1. Are you up to the challenge? April 26-29: The Tallahassee ...

Lynn White records an observation of a wooly caterpillar at Bulls Run Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum using the iNaturalist app. Lynn White aims her phone camera at a fuzzy caterpillar perched on a ...