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AfriBats
Monitor bats across Africa
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEcology & EnvironmentAnimalsOcean Water MarineBiologynaafricasafaribatsphotography
photo identification
within 25 miles
Mar 31, 2026
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The Xerces Society, Wildlife Preservation Canada, University of Ottawa, Montreal Insectarium, York University, BeeSpotter, and The Natural History Museum in London
Bumble Bee Watch
Help track North America’s bumble bees.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceInsects & PollinatorsBiologyAnimalsEcology & EnvironmentFoodNature & Outdoorsbeespollinatorbumble beesummer reading 2021pollinationnative bees
Universidade Federal do ABC | Federal University of ABC
De Olho na Costa
Long-term monitoring of hard bottom marine benthic communities
Anywhere
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentAnimalsOcean Water MarineBiologyNature & OutdoorsEducationbenthic environmentcoastal environmentbenthosreefrocky shoresmarine ecology
Dolphin Spotter: A Land-Based Citizen Science Project
Submit photos to complement Photo-ID research by FAU Harbor Branch
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEcology & EnvironmentAnimals
Montreal Insectarium / Vermont Center for Ecostudies / University of Ottawa / MILA
eButterfly
Help monitor butterfly populations worldwide using checklist surveys
Anywhere
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceAnimalsEcology & EnvironmentBiologyEducationInsects & PollinatorsOcean Water MarineNature & OutdoorsComputers & Technologybutterfliesdatabaseconservationclimate changebutterflysurveysentomologybiodiversityresearchmappingmonitoringchecklistscitizen science
Happywhale
Global Whale Tracking with Happywhale
Track individual whales and learn their stories.
Anywhere
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentBiologyAnimalsOcean Water MarineNature & Outdoorsstrandingmigrationphoto idtrackmapmammalwhale biologynature & outdoorsdolphinseaanimalmammalsmarine mammalstorieswhalewhale trackingorcasecology & environmentminke whaleorcaocean-dwellinghumpbacktop viewed 2021storyunderwatercitizen scienceconservationfin whalewhale migrationfinoceanwhaleskiller whaleminkewhale watchingresearchmappingsea animalwildlifetrackingnon-invasivegpsstorytellingrescuephotographycetaceanidentificationphoto identificationmarine mammalogysea mammalhumpbacksphotowhale watchoceans
Harbor Seal Spotting: Chesapeake Bay & Coast
Document winter harbor seal presence in the Bay and VA coast
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceAnimalsBiologyOcean Water Marineharbor sealsvirginiachesapeake bayseals
Hawaiian Hawksbill Conservation
Hawaiian Hawksbill Sea Turtle Sightings
Our goal is to gather Hawaiian hawksbill observations.
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceAnimalsEcology & EnvironmentEducationNature & OutdoorsBiologyOcean Water Marinehawaiian hawksbillphoto-idphoto-identificationsea turtleeretmochelys imbricataconservationhawaiianhawksbillhawksbillshonu'earesearch
Cartosco.pe and Healthy Gulf
Ida Damage Lookout!
Enlist volunteers to survey for environmental damages after Hurricane Ida
Anywhere
- Ongoing
Citizen Scienceidentificationidapollutionphotoresponse
WildMe & Marine Megafauna Foundation
Manta Matcher the Wildbook for Manta Rays
Global online database for manta rays
Anywhere
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceBiologyNature & OutdoorsOcean Water MarineAnimalsEcology & Environmentelasmobranchsscuba divingmarinemarine biologyrayswatermarine ecologymanta raysnorkelingfree divingscubaphoto-inventoriesscuba diversoceanphotographsphotographyscuba divephoto idphoto identificationsnorkelers
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