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Citizen Science Network iNaturalist Celebrates Millionth Nature Observation as it Launches New Visual Maps

November 10, 2014

The California Academy of Sciences’ naturalist social network gets major revamp SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2014) — This week, iNaturalist.org—the California Academy of Sciences’ online social network for naturalists—launched a new series of easy-to-navigate maps that connect people with the natural world like never before. This living record of Earth’s biodiversity places contributed nature observations […]

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Freshwater Turtle Adventure Activity Book

December 19, 2010

Montana Sewell and recent Rolex finalist, Zander Srodes, have created this wonderful activity book on freshwater turtles. You can download for educational or personal use from here: Freshwater Turtle Adventure Activity Book (PDF)

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“Plant-it-yourself” Experiments for Elementary School Kids

November 5, 2010

As part of the Alonso-Stepanova lab at NCSU, there is a website that includes experiments for elementary school kids: For many centuries, people have been fascinated with plants and wanted to learn more about them. People have been growing plants (mainly for food) for many thousands of years. Not only do plants give us food […]

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Whole-tree herbivory estimate

September 28, 2009

One of the few whole-tree herbivory estimates was conducted in Walcha, New South Wales, Australia with Earthwatch volunteers in 1985. Over 100,000 leaves were measured for length, width, leaf area, and insect damage. Over 20 Earthwatch volunteers gave their time and energy to this survey, which was critical in solving the eucaylpt dieback syndrome that […]

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