Project: SquirrelMapper When we think of evolution, we usually think of slow, gradual changes that occur over thousands or millions of years. However, this isn’t always the case: sometimes evolution can produce fast results! Take the coat color of the gray squirrel, who resides mostly in the eastern U.S., for example–nowadays, most are gray in […]
Project: SPARC-net Much like frogs, salamander populations throughout the world have been in steady decline in recent decades. Though Woodland Salamanders are the most abundant vertebrate species in the Northeastern US, they are threatened by a number of human-made calamities, particularly climate change. Because salamanders have thin, permeable skin, they are especially susceptible to weather […]
Project: Season Spotter The changing of the seasons has a somewhat romanticized connotation (I mean, who doesn’t love cuddling up with some apple cider in the fall, or breaking out their sandals on the first warm day of spring?), but from a biological point of view, the timing of these natural cycles is extremely significant. […]
Project: Indigo V Expeditions Here on Citizen Science Center, we share a lot of opportunities to participate in projects within your own community–sometimes even from the comfort of your own home. While that’s obviously optimal on a day-to-day basis, what if you had a chance to collect critically important data from onboard a yacht, while […]