Project name |
Discipline(s) |
Sponsoring organization(s) |
Area |
Began |
Web site |
AgeGuess |
Biology, Aging |
Center for Research and Interdiciplinarity, University of Southern Denmark |
Worldwide |
2012 |
AgeGuess |
Agent Exoplanet |
Astronomy |
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network |
Goleta, CA, USA |
|
Agent Exoplanet |
Air Quality Eggs |
Air Quality, Pollution, Climate Change, Health |
WickedDevices, LLC |
Ithaca, NY, USA |
|
Air Quality Egg Project |
Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings |
Herpetology, Ecology |
Department of Environmental Conservation, NY, USA |
New York, USA |
|
Woodland Pool Project |
ARTigo |
Art history, Computer science |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany |
Worldwide |
2007 |
ARTigo |
Artsobservasjoner |
Botany, Mycology, Phenology, Species distribution, Zoology |
Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management, Norway |
Norway |
2008 |
Species Observation System |
Asteroid Mappers: Vesta |
Planetary astronomy |
CosmoQuest.org[note 1] |
Worldwide |
2011 |
Vesta mappers |
Asteroid Zoo |
Planetary astronomy |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Terra |
24 June 2014 |
Asteroid Zoo |
Atlas of Australian Birds |
Ornithology |
BirdLife Australia |
Australia |
1973 |
Atlas and Birdata |
Audubon Christmas Bird Count |
Ornithology |
National Audubon Society |
Western Hemisphere |
1900 |
Audubon Christmas Bird Count |
Aurorasaurus |
Space Physics, Aurora |
National Science Foundation |
Worldwide |
2014 |
Aurorasaurus |
B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network |
Cetology |
Vancouver Aquarium, Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada (British Columbia) |
1999 |
wildwhales.org |
Backyard Bark Beetles |
Entomology, Invasive Species |
Forest Entomology lab at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
USA |
2014 |
Backyard Bark Beetles |
BeeSpotter |
Entomology |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign |
USA (IL, MO, OH) |
2007 |
BeeSpotter |
Big Butterfly Count |
Lepidopterology, Entomology |
Butterfly Conservation |
UK |
2010 |
big butterfly count homepage |
Big Moss Map |
Botany,Climatology, Peatlands |
Moors for the Future |
UK |
2015 |
big moss map homepage |
BioDiversity Heritage Library Flickr Image Tagging |
Taxonomy, Ornithology, Entomology, Zoology, Botany |
Biodiversity Heritage Library |
Worldwide |
|
Biodiversity Heritage Library Flickr images Machine tagging instructions |
BirdSleuth K-12[note 2] |
Ornithology |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
USA |
2004 |
BirdSleuth Website |
Birds and Windows Project |
Ornithology, Conservation, Ecology |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
2013 |
Website |
Birds-Windows Collisions Project Costa Rica |
Ornithology, Conservation, Ecology |
Costa Rica Distance Learning University UNED |
Costa Rica |
2013 |
website |
Brooklyn Atlantis |
Water Quality, Pollution, Wildlife, Robotics |
New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering |
USA |
2012 |
brooklynatlantis.org |
Project BudBurst |
Plant Phenology, |
National Ecological Observatory Network, National Science Foundation |
USA |
2007 |
budburst.org |
BugGuide |
Entomology, Arthropods |
Iowa State University |
USA, Canada |
2003 |
BugGuide.net |
Bumble Bee Watch |
Entomology |
Xerces Society, University of Ottawa, Wildlife Preservation Canada, Natural History Museum, London, BeeSpotter, Montréal Insectarium |
Canada, USA |
2014 |
bumblebeewatch.org |
Canadian National Wildlife Disease Surveillance |
Wildlife, Health |
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative |
Canada |
1992 |
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative |
Canberra Nature Map |
Wildlife |
NatureMapr |
Australia |
2013 |
Canberra Nature Map |
Celebrate Urban Birds |
Ornithology |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
USA |
|
CelebrateUrbanBirds.org |
Cicada Watch: Brood II[7] |
Entomology |
National Geographic Society |
eastern North America |
2013 |
official site Facebook page |
Citclops |
Environmental science |
European Commission |
Europe |
2012 |
official site Facebook page |
Cities at Night[8] |
Light pollution |
Complutense University of Madrid and Crowdsourced |
Global |
2014 |
official site |
Clumpy |
Biology, Botany |
University of Exeter |
Worldwide |
2012 |
clumpy.ex.ac.uk |
Condor Watch |
Ornithology, Conservation |
Zooniverse collaboration |
California |
2014 |
Condor Watch |
Cooperative Observer Program |
Meteorology, Climatology |
National Weather Service |
USA |
1890 |
Cooperative Observer Program |
CyanoTracker |
Algal Bloom, Water Quality |
University of Georgia |
Worldwide |
2014 |
CyanoTracker |
Crowdcrafting |
Biology, Physics, Economy, Social, Medicine, Art, Humanities, Ecology, Conservation |
SciFabric |
Worldwide |
2011 |
Crowdcrafting |
Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard |
Astronomy |
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
USA |
2001 |
Logbook Transcription Project |
Disk Detective |
Astronomy |
NASA, Zooniverse |
Worldwide |
2014 |
diskdetective.org |
Diver Safety Guardian |
Decompression physiology |
Divers Alert Network Europe and Divers Alert Network Southern Africa |
Europe and Africa |
1994 |
Diver Safety Guardian] |
DoubleBlinded |
Health |
|
USA |
2015 |
DoubleBlinded |
eBird |
Ornithology |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society |
Worldwide |
2002 |
ebird.org |
eButterfly |
Lepidopterology, Entomology |
University of Ottawa, Oregon State University, Vermont Center for Ecostudies |
USA, Canada |
2010 |
e-butterfly.org |
EDDMapS |
Tracking invasive species, Biology, Botany, Entomology, Wildlife |
University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. |
USA, Canada |
2005 |
Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System |
eOceans |
Marine Ecology, Marine Debris, Ornithology, Climate Change, |
Private |
Global |
2014 |
eOceans.org |
eShark |
Marine Ecology, Marine Management, Tourism |
Crowd-sourced |
Global |
2005 |
eShark.org |
EyeWire[3] |
Neuroscience |
MIT, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, NIH, HHMI, Max Planck Society |
Worldwide |
2012 |
eyewire.org |
Explore the Seafloor |
Marine Science |
National Science Week Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Australia |
2013 |
Explore the Seafloor |
Floodcrowd |
Floods |
Loughborough University |
UK |
2015 |
Floodcrowd |
Flying ant survey |
Biology, Entomology, Wildlife |
Society of Biology, University of Gloucestershire, |
UK |
2012 |
|
Foldit |
Biology, protein |
University of Washington |
Worldwide |
2008 |
Foldit |
Fraxinus |
Genetics |
Sainsbury Laboratory, BBSRC, DEFRA |
Worldwide |
2013 |
facebook.com/fraxinusgame |
FrogWatch USATM |
Conservation, Ecology, Herpetology |
Association of Zoos and Aquariums |
USA |
1998 |
aza.org/frogwatch/ |
Galaxy Explorer |
Astronomy |
National Science Week Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Australia |
2015 |
Galaxy Explorer |
Galaxy Zoo |
Astronomy |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
2007 |
Galaxy Zoo |
Garden Wildlife Health |
Conservation, Veterinary |
Zoological Society of London, British Trust for Ornithology, Froglife, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
UK |
2013 |
gardenwildlifehealth.org |
Geo-Wiki |
Land cover validation |
IIASA |
Worldwide |
2008 |
www.geo-wiki.org |
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream |
Water Quality |
|
Georgia |
1995 |
www.georgiaadoptastream.org |
GeoTag-X |
Disaster risk reduction |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNOSAT, Citizen Cyberlab, Seventh Framework Programme |
Worldwide |
2012 |
GeoTag-X |
Globe at Night |
Astronomy, Light Pollution |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, CADIAS, International Dark-Sky Association |
Worldwide |
|
www.globeatnight.org |
Great Backyard Bird Count |
Ornithology |
National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
Worldwide |
|
birdsource.org/gbbc/ |
Great World Wide Star Count |
Astronomy |
Windows to the Universe, National Earth Science Teachers Association |
Worldwide |
|
|
Genographic Project |
Population genetics |
National Geographic Society, IBM |
Worldwide |
2005 |
genographic.nationalgeographic.com |
Go Viral Study |
Infectious Disease |
National Science Foundation, OpenHumans, New York University |
USA |
2013 |
http://goviralstudy.com |
Hare Survey |
Biology, Wildlife |
Moors for the Future Partnership |
UK |
2015 |
www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/community-science/haresurvey/ |
Hazelnut Project, The |
Botany, Agronomy |
Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium (Arbor Day Foundation, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Rutgers and Oregon State) |
USA |
2000 |
arborday.org/hazelnuts/ |
Herbarium@home |
Botany |
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland |
UK |
2006 |
herbariaunited.org/atHome |
Herpetological Education and Research Project |
Herpetology |
HERP Board of Trustees |
North America |
2007 |
NAHERP |
HerpMapper |
Herpetology, Ecology, Citizen Science, Conservation, Phenology, Research |
HerpMapper Advisory Committee |
Global |
2013 |
HerpMapper.org |
Hummingbirds at Home |
Ornithology |
National Audubon Society |
USA |
2013 |
Hummingbirds at Home |
Hummingbird Migration Tracker |
Ornithology |
Birdfeeders.com |
USA |
2010 |
Hummingbird Migration Tracker |
IDAH2O Master Water Stewards |
Water Quality |
University of Idaho |
USA |
2010 |
IDAH2O Master Water Stewards |
Identify animals |
Conservation Biology |
Victoria University of Wellington |
New Zealand |
2015 |
|
IceWatchUSA[9] |
Phenology |
Nature Abounds |
USA |
|
naturebounds.org/IceWatch |
iNaturalist |
Botany, Entomology, Ecology, Lepidopterology, Ornithology, Phenology, Zoology |
California Academy of Sciences |
Global |
2008 |
iNaturalist.org, iNaturalist Canada, NatureWatchNZ, NaturaLista (Mexico) |
Instant Wild |
Wildlife, Ecology, Species Diversity, Conservation, Zoology |
Zoological Society of London |
Global |
2011 |
|
iSeahorse |
Ichthyology, Ecology, Marine Biology, Marine Conservation, Zoology |
Project Seahorse, Guylian Belgian Chocolate, iNaturalist, John G. Shedd Aquarium, The University of British Columbia, Zoological Society of London |
Global |
2013 |
iSeahorse.org |
iSpot |
Nature |
The Open University |
Global |
2013 |
ispotnature.org |
Kinsey Reporter[10] |
Sex and Attraction |
The Kinsey Institute |
Worldwide |
2012[11] |
kinseyreporter.org |
Koala Count |
Wildlife |
NatureMapr |
Australia |
2014 |
Koala Count |
Landscape Watch Hampshire |
Environmental science, Geography |
Hampshire,UK |
Crowdsourcing Landscape Change Consortium |
2015 |
http://www.hampshire.landscapewatch.com/ |
Loss of the Night app[12] |
Astronomy, Ecology, Remote Sensing |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Freie Universität Berlin, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries |
Germany |
2013 |
app download site Project page |
Massachusetts Herpetological Atlas |
Herpetology |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
USA |
1992 |
http://www.massherpatlas.org/index.html |
MammalMAP |
Mammal Conservation |
Animal Demography Unit, Marine Research Institute |
Africa |
2012 |
|
MangroveWatch |
Wetlands, Monitoring, Mangrove, Conservation, Ecology |
James Cook University, The University of Queensland, Australian Government National Landcare Programme, TropWATER, The Burnett Mary Regional Group, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, OceanWatch Australia Ltd, Earth Protect |
Worldwide |
2009 |
MangroveWatch Ltd |
Manta Matcher - The Wildbook for Manta Rays |
Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology, Ecology |
WildMe, Marine Megafauna Foundation |
Worldwide |
2012 |
Manta Matcher |
Marine Metres Squared |
Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology |
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre |
New Zealand |
|
Marine Metres Squared |
Mark2Cure |
Biomedical research |
The Su Lab at Scripps Research Institute |
USA (CA) |
2012, launch 2015 |
Mark2Cure.org |
McMaster Postcard Project[13] |
Archives, Social Science, History |
William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections at McMaster University Library |
Canada |
2015 |
McMaster Postcard Project |
Michigan Herp Atlas Project |
Herpetology |
Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
USA (MI) |
2004 |
http://www.miherpatlas.org |
Mitten Crab Recording Project |
Marine Biology, Invasive Species |
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
UK |
|
http://mittencrabs.org.uk/ |
Monarch Health |
Entomology, Lepidopterology |
University of Georgia |
Canada, USA |
|
Monarch Parasites |
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project |
Entomology, Lepidopterology |
University of Minnesota |
Canada, USA |
|
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project |
Monarch Watch |
Entomology, Lepidopterology |
University of Kansas |
Canada, USA |
1992 |
Monarch Watch |
Moon Mappers
- Simply craters
- Man vs machine
|
Planetary astronomy |
CosmoQuest.org[note 1] |
Worldwide |
2011 |
Moon mappers
|
Nature's Calendar |
Phenology |
Woodland Trust |
UK |
|
naturescalendar.org.uk |
Nature's Notebook |
Phenology |
USA National Phenology Network |
USA |
2009 |
Nature's Notebook |
NatureWatch
- FrogWatch
- IceWatch
- PlantWatch
- WormWatch
|
Ecology, Phenology, Herpetology |
Nature Canada |
Canada |
|
naturewatch.ca
|
NatureWatch NZ |
Botany, Entomology, Ecology, Ornithology, Phenology, Zoology |
New Zealand Bio-Diversity Recording Network Trust |
New Zealand |
2006 (as NZBRN) |
NatureWatch.org.nz
|
Neighborhood Nestwatch |
Ornithology |
Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, SI |
USA |
|
Neighborhood nestwatch |
NestWatch |
Ornithology |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
Americas |
2008[note 3] |
NestWatch |
North American Field Herping Association |
Herpetology |
North American field herping community |
North America |
2007 |
NAFHA |
North American Bird Phenology Program |
Ornithology |
United States Geological Survey |
North America |
2008 |
|
Notes from Nature |
Botany, Entomology, Ornithology, Mycology |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
|
notesfromnature.org |
Odonata Central |
Odonata |
|
North America |
2004 |
Ondonata Central |
Old Weather[1] |
Climatology |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
|
oldweather.org |
Ontario BioBlitz |
Botany, Ecology, Entomology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Lepidopterology, Ornithology |
Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ontario Nature, Toronto Zoo, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority |
Canada (Ontario) |
2012 |
Ontario BioBlitz homepage |
Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online |
Lepidopterology, Entomology |
Toronto Entomologists’ Association |
Canada (Ontario) |
1969 |
http://www.ontarioinsects.org/atlas_online.htm
|
Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas |
Herpetology |
Ontario Nature, Ministry of Natural Resources’ Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) |
Canada (Ontario) |
|
http://www.ontarionature.org/protect/species/herpetofaunal_atlas.php |
Orca Game |
Bioacoustics |
Orchive |
Worldwide |
2013 |
orchive.net/games/1 |
Orchids:Terrestrial Spiranthes in an Urban Environment |
Urban Conservation |
Hoyt Arboretum |
Portland, OR |
2014 |
Hoyt Orchid website |
Penguin Watch |
Ornithology |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
|
Penguin Watch website |
Pieris Project |
Lepidopterology, Entomology |
University of Notre Dame |
Worldwide |
|
Pieris Project |
Planet Mappers: Mercury |
Planetary astronomy |
CosmoQuest.org[note 1] |
Worldwide |
2011 |
Mercury mappers |
Plankton Project |
Marine biology, Zoology |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
2013 |
http://www.planktonportal.org/ |
Portland Urban Coyote Project |
Ecology, Geography, Zoology, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Mapping |
Portland State University |
Portland, Oregon |
2011 |
http://portlandcoyote.com/ |
PressureNET |
Meteorology, Climatology |
Cumulonimbus Inc. |
Worldwide |
2011 |
https://www.pressurenet.io/ |
Project Dive Exploration (PDE) |
Decompression research |
Divers Alert Network |
North America |
|
Project dive exploration] |
Project Splatter |
Ecology, Conservation |
Cardiff University |
UK |
2013 |
http://projectsplatter.co.uk/ |
Quantum Moves[14] |
Quantum physics, Quantum mechanics |
CODER, Aarhus University |
Worldwide |
2013 |
scienceathome.org |
Redmap (Range Extension Database and Mapping Project) |
Marine Ecology, Species distribution, Climate Change, |
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania |
Australia |
2009 |
http://www.redmap.org.au |
Reading Nature's Library |
|
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester |
UK |
|
https://natureslibrary.co.uk |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) |
|
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania |
Australia |
|
http://www.reeflifesurvey.com |
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) |
Marine conservation, Marine biology |
Non-profit organization |
Key Largo, FL (worldwide) |
1990 |
http://www.reef.org |
Radio Galaxy Zoo |
Astronomy |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
2013 |
Radio Galaxy Zoo |
SatCam |
Meteorology |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Worldwide |
|
satcam |
Science Gossip Biodiversity Heritage Library |
Biodiversity, libraries, art |
Zooniverse collaboration |
Worldwide |
2015 |
http://www.sciencegossip.org] |
Safecast |
Radiation, Air Quality |
Momoko Ito Foundation |
Worldwide |
2011 |
Safecast |
Secchi Disk |
Phytoplankton |
Secchi Disk Project |
Worldwide - Marine |
2013 |
|
SETI@home |
Astronomy |
University Of California, Berkeley |
Worldwide |
1999 |
SETI@home |
The Shore Thing Project |
Biology, Marine Biology, Invasive Species, Climate Change |
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
UK |
2006 |
http://www.mba.ac.uk/shore_thing/ |
Smithsonian Transcription Center |
Astronomy, Botany, Entomology |
Smithsonian Institution |
USA |
2014 |
Smithsonian Transcription Center |
Snowtweets[15] |
Meteorology |
University of Waterloo |
Canada |
|
snowcore.waterloo.ca |
Socientize |
Life sciences mainly |
European Commission |
Worldwide |
2012 |
Socientize |
SPLASSH |
Water Quality, Pollution |
Kennesaw State University |
Worldwide |
2013 |
SPLASSH |
Species Observations System |
Botany, Entomology, Ecology, Ornithology, Phenology, Zoology |
Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, Norwegian Biodiversity Network |
Norway |
2008 |
artsobservasjoner.no |
Striped AmBASSadors |
Fisheries, Conservation, Ecology |
Striped Bass Research Team, Acadia University |
NS, Canada |
2010 |
stripedbass.ca |
Target Asteroids! |
Planetary astronomy |
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission |
Worldwide |
2012 |
|
Target NEOs! |
Planetary astronomy |
The Astronomical League |
USA |
2012 |
|
theSkyNet |
Astronomy, Computing |
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
Worldwide |
2011 |
theSkyNet.org |
Track a Tree |
Botany, Ecology, Phenology |
University of Edinburgh and the Woodland Trust |
UK |
2014 |
|
Track My Fish |
Fisheries, Ecology, Tagging |
Striped Bass Research Team, Acadia University |
Canada |
2012 |
TrackMyFish |
Turtle Survey and Analysis Tools (TurtleSAT) |
Herpetology |
University of Sydney, University of Western Sydney |
Australia |
2014 |
|
UBiome[16] |
Microbiology |
uBiome |
USA |
|
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VerbCorner |
Linguistics |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Worldwide |
2013 |
|
VT Fish Diaries |
Fisheries |
|
USA (VT) |
2015 |
VT Fish Diaries Official Website |
Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas |
Herpetology |
|
USA (VT) |
1995 |
Vermont Herp Atlas |
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Programs (thousands) |
Water Quality |
|
USA |
1969–present |
acwi.gov/monitoring/vm/index.html |
Water Action Volunteers |
Water Quality |
University of Wisconsin-Extension and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
USA (WI) |
1996 |
watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/ |
Weather Detective |
Climatology, Meteorology |
National Science Week Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Australia |
2014 |
Weather Detective |
What Do Birds Eat? |
Ornithology |
University of Delaware |
United States |
2015 |
www.whatdobirdseat.com |
WildlifeLog.org |
Wildlife |
WildlifeLog Comminity Interest Company |
Worldwide |
2014 |
wildlifelog.org |
Wildsense Tigers |
Wildlife |
The Wildsense Project, University of Surrey |
Worldwide |
2015 |
www.wildsense.org |
Stardust@Home |
Astronomy |
University of California, Berkeley |
Worldwide |
2006 |
stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu |
Yardmap.org |
Conservation, Ornithology, Wildlife |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
North America |
2013 |
yardmap.org |
Yellowhammer Dialects |
Ornithology |
Charles University in Prague |
UK, New Zealand |
2013 |
yellowhammers.net |
Wakame Watch |
Marine Biology, Invasive Species |
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
UK |
2014 |
http://wakamewatch.org.uk/ |