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 Citizen Science/Crowdsourcing Working Group. This is not an exhaustive list, but includes a variety of projects from different taxa and locations. Suggestions can be sent to Austin Mast.
- Plants & Fungi
- Birds
- Insects
- Animals (General)
- Other
- United States
- Non-US
PLANTS/FUNGI
Foliage Network
Great Sunflower Project
Leafsnap
Mushroom Observer
Project BudBurst (NEON)
Project Squirrel
Redwood Watch
BIRDS
California Avian Data Center: “a regional node of the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) hosted by PRBO Conservation Science”
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Citizen Science Projects
Ducks Unlimited Migration Map
eBird
The Great Backyard Bird Count
Hummingbird Monitoring Network
North American Breeding Bird Project (USGS)
Operation RubyThroat, The Hummingbird Project
Project FeederWatch
Tucson Bird Count (Arizona)
INSECTS
Art Schapiro's Butterfly Site (California)
Bee Hunt!
Firefly Watch
Maine Butterfly Survey
Monarch Foundation
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
Monarch Watch
Native Buzz
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
School of Ants
Washington D.C./Baltimore Cricket Crawl
ANIMALS (General)
Evolution MegaLab
FrogWatch USA
Jelly Watch
MoveBank- For animal tracking and photo monitoring data
Project Noah
Sevengill Shark Sightings
Shark Observation Network
Turtle Roadway Mortality Study
Wildlife Watch – National Wildlife Federation
Wildlife Health Monitoring Network
Wildlife Sightings
WildObs (Wildlife Observations)- Record, manage and share your wildlife encounters
OTHER
Citizen Science Alliance
Including Old Weather, Planet Hunters, Whale FM, Zooniverse
CoCoRaHs (collaborative rain hail and snow monitoring network)
Creek Watch (watershed monitoring)
EteRNA (designing RNA)
Foldit (protein folding)
Galazy Zoo
LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students, coastal CA)
Quake-Catcher Network (earthquake monitoring)
scistarter (hundreds of Citizen Science projects)
Texas Invasives
What's Invasive!
UNITED STATES
general regional networks for phenology and observation
iNaturalist
Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Mid-Atlantic Phenology Network
Minnesota Phenology Network (MnPN)
Ohio State University (OSU) Phenology Garden Network Project
Project Budburst
Shenandoah National Park Phenology Project
Texas Nature Watchers
USA-National Phenology Network
Wisconsin Phenological Society
Non-US networks for phenology and observation
Atlas of Living Australia Volunteer Portal
Australia ClimateWatch
Canada NatureWatch
EarthTrek- Global Citizen Science Program
European Phenology Network and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research List of "all phenological networks"
Finnish Forest Research Institute Phenology Observations
French Phenology Network (Obseratoire Des Saisons)
Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey
iSpot
Japan Phenological Eyes Network (PEN)
Netherlands Phenology Network (de Natuurkalender)
Swedish Phenology Network
Swiss Phenology Network
UK Nature's Calendar
Wikipedia entry for Citizen Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Citizen Science Central
SciStarter
Society for Amateur Scientists
Citizen Cyberscience Centre
OpenScientist
Citizen Science projects on-line blog posting
Scientific American's Citizen Science page
Vermont Center for Ecostudies' Citizen Science page