Citizen scientists can inspire innovation and advance science education—and they are proving adept at self-policing.
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How should the government ensure the safety and responsibility of do-it-yourself biologists?
Do-it-yourself science is likely as old as science itself, driven by an inherent curiosity about the world around us.
Amateur birders record an astounding number of species and individuals in the first ever worldwide avian stock taking.
New research adds to an emerging picture of the changes that global warming and thinning ice are wreaking on the marine ecosystems at the top of the world.
Scenes from a research trip, where researchers peered beneath the ice to shine a light on the emerging picture of a changing Arctic Ocean
In a pond, more amphibian species mean decreased chances of disease spread.
Scientists have identified the sticky substance that is damaging the feathers of hundreds seabirds washed ashore in England as an additive for lubricant oils.
New amphibian species are being discovered at an exciting rate, yet they are also the vertebrates most at risk of extinction.
Watch as the astounding wood frog uses cellular cryopreservation tricks to freeze, thaw, and live to croak about it.
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