View source for Citizen Science Organizations and Online Lists of Citizen Science Projects

The following is a list of citizen science organizations and online lists of citizen science projects. It is maintained by the [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Citizen_Science/Crowdsourcing_Working_Group Citizen Science/Crowdsourcing Working Group]. &nbsp;This is not an exhaustive list, but includes a variety of projects from different taxa and locations. Projects marked with an asterisk (*) are engaging the public in digitization efforts. Suggestions can be sent to [https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Mast Austin Mast]. 

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'''General Citizen Science Information:''' 

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science Wikipedia entry for Citizen Science]&nbsp; 

[http://www.openscientist.org/ OpenScientist]&nbsp; 

[http://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/2010/01/citizen_science_projects_on-li.php Citizen Science projects on-line blog posting&nbsp;] 

[http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/ Scientific American's Citizen Science page&nbsp;] 

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'''See below for:''' 

*Plants &amp; Fungi 
*Birds 
*Insects 
*Animals (General) 
*Other 
*United States 
*Non-US

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'''PLANTS/FUNGI'''<br>[http://www.foliagenetwork.com Foliage Network]<br>[http://www.greatsunflower.org/ Great Sunflower Project] <br>[http://leafsnap.com/ Leafsnap ]<br>[http://mushroomobserver.org/ Mushroom Observer ]<br>[http://budburst.org Project BudBurst (NEON)]<br>[http://www.projectsquirrel.org/index.shtml Project Squirrel]<br>[http://rcci.savetheredwoods.org/action/redwoodwatch.shtml Redwood Watch] 

<br> '''BIRDS''' 

[http://data.prbo.org/cadc2/ California Avian Data Center]: “a regional node of the [http://www.avianknowledge.net/ Avian Knowledge Network] (AKN) hosted by [http://www.prbo.org/ PRBO Conservation Science]”<br>
Cornell Lab of Ornithology [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects Citizen Science Projects]<br>
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit Citizen Science Central] (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) maintains a "[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects gateway]" to citizen science projects<br>
[http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap Ducks Unlimited Migration Map]<br>[http://ebird.org/ eBird] <br>
[http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ The Great Backyard Bird Count]<br>
[http://www.hummonnet.org/ Hummingbird Monitoring Network]<br>
[http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS/ North American Breeding Bird Project ](USGS)<br>
[http://www.rubythroat.org/default2.html Operation RubyThroat, The Hummingbird Project]<br>
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw Project FeederWatch ]<br>[http://www.tucsonbirds.org/ Tucson Bird Count (Arizona)] <br>


<br>'''INSECTS''' 

[http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/ Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site (California)]<br>[http://www.discoverlife.org/bee/index.html Bee Hunt! ]<br>[https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/ Firefly Watch]<br>[http://mbs.umf.maine.edu/ Maine Butterfly Survey]<br>[http://www.livemonarch.org/ Monarch Foundation]<br>[http://www.mlmp.org/ Monarch Larva Monitoring Project]<br>[http://www.monarchwatch.org/ Monarch Watch]<br>[http://www.ufnativebuzz.com/ Native Buzz]<br>[http://pollinator.org/nappc/index.html North American Pollinator Protection Campaign]<br>[http://www.schoolofants.org/ School of Ants]<br>[http://www.discoverlife.org/cricket/DC/ Washington D.C./Baltimore Cricket Crawl] 

<br> '''ANIMALS (General)'''<br>[http://www.evolutionmegalab.org/ Evolution MegaLab]<br>[http://www.aza.org/frogwatch/ FrogWatch USA<br>][http://jellywatch.org/ Jelly Watch]<br>[http://www.movebank.org/ MoveBank]- (animal tracking and photo monitoring data)<br>[http://www.projectnoah.org/ Project Noah]<br>[http://sevengillsharksightings.org/ Sevengill Shark Sightings]<br>[http://www.geerg.ca/sharksonline/autres/index.php Shark Observation Network]<br>[http://scistarter.com/project/316 Turtle Roadway Mortality Study]<br>[http://www.nwf.org/WildlifeWatch/ Wildlife Watch – National Wildlife Federation]<br>[http://www.whmn.org/ Wildlife Health Monitoring Network]<br>[http://www.junponline.com/ Wildlife Sightings]<br>[http://wildobs.com/ WildObs (Wildlife Observations)] 

<br>'''OTHER'''<br>*[http://www.citizensciencealliance.org/ Citizen Science Alliance]<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Including [http://www.notesfromnature.org/ Notes from Nature],&nbsp;[http://www.oldweather.org/ Old Weather], [http://www.planethunters.org/ Planet Hunters], [http://whale.fm/ Whale FM], [https://www.zooniverse.org Zooniverse] <br>[http://www.cocorahs.org/ CoCoRaHs] (collaborative rain hail and snow monitoring network)<br>[http://creekwatch.researchlabs.ibm.com/ Creek Watch ](watershed monitoring)<br>[http://eterna.cmu.edu/ EteRNA ](designing RNA)<br>[http://fold.it/portal/ Foldit] (protein folding)<br>[http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ Galazy Zoo]<br>[http://www.limpetsmonitoring.org LiMPETS] (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students, coastal CA)<br>[http://qcn.stanford.edu/ Quake-Catcher Network] (earthquake monitoring)<br>[http://scistarter.com scistarter] (hundreds of Citizen Science projects)<br>[http://www.texasinvasives.org/ Texas Invasives]<br>[http://whatsinvasive.com/ What's Invasive!] 

<br>'''UNITED STATES <br>general regional networks for phenology and observation''' 

[http://www.inaturalist.org/ iNaturalist] <br>[http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ Journey North]: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change<br>[http://www.mapseasons.net/ Mid-Atlantic Phenology Network]<br>[http://phenology.cfans.umn.edu/index.htm Minnesota Phenology Network (MnPN)]<br>[http://phenology.osu.edu/ Ohio State University (OSU) Phenology Garden Network Project]<br>[http://budburst.org Project Budburst<br>][http://egsc.usgs.gov/shenandoah.html Shenandoah National Park Phenology Project]<br>[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/ Texas Nature Watchers]<br>[http://www.usanpn.org/home USA-National Phenology Network] 

[http://www.vtecostudies.org/citsci.html Vermont Center for Ecostudies' Citizen Science page] 

[http://www4.uwm.edu/wps/ Wisconsin Phenological Society] 

<br> '''Non-US&nbsp;networks for phenology and observation'''<br>*[http://volunteer.ala.org.au/ Atlas of Living Australia Volunteer Portal<br>][http://www.climatewatch.org.au/ Australia ClimateWatch <br>][http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/ Canada NatureWatch&nbsp;] 

[http://www.citizencyberscience.net/ Citizen Cyberscience Centre&nbsp;]<br>[http://goearthtrek.blogspot.com/ EarthTrek]- Global Citizen Science Program<br>[http://www.pik-potsdam.de/%7Erachimow/epn/html/frameok.html European Phenology Network and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research List of "all phenological networks"]<br>[http://www.metla.fi/metinfo/fenologia/index-en.htm Finnish Forest Research Institute Phenology Observations<br>][http://www.obs-saisons.fr/ French Phenology Network (Obseratoire Des Saisons)<br>][http://www.garlicmustard.org/ Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey<br>][http://www.ispotnature.org iSpot]<br>[http://pen.agbi.tsukuba.ac.jp/index_e.html Japan Phenological Eyes Network (PEN)<br>][http://www.natuurkalender.nl/ Netherlands Phenology Network (de Natuurkalender)<br>][http://www.blommar.nu/index.php Swedish Phenology Network]<br>[http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/ UK Nature's Calendar<br>] 

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