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iNaturalist in the News

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February 2025, NPR

Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park

August 2024, Science Friday

How One Photo Of A Flower Reignited A Species Debate

September 2023, KQED Forum

iNaturalist, A Cultivator of Community and Collector of Crucial Wildlife Data, Goes Solo

April 2023, The Washington Post

These 4 free apps can help you identify every flower, plant and tree around you

December 2022, The New York Times

Can Humans Find Common Ground? Sure. Just Start With Sea Slugs.

September 2022, Nature

Community science draws on the power of the crowd

September 2021, Discover Magazine

Hiking 17,000 Miles for Citizen Science and the Environment

September 2020, National Geographic

Americans are observing nature during the pandemic, helping scientists with research

2020 August, The Conversation

The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media

2020 August, Sierra

iNaturalist Does More Than ID Plants

2020 February, Wired

The Secret to Enjoying Nature Is … Your Phone

2019 June, Bay Nature

An Update to the App to Identify (Almost) Anything (Almost) Anywhere

2019 Apr, Slate

Plants and Birds Need Privacy Online, Too

2019 Feb, NPR

Scientists Shocked By Rare, Giant Sunfish Washed Up On California Beach

2018 Oct, Mongabay

The iNaturalist species data sharing platform reaches one million users

2018 Apr, Microsoft News

Like taking a whole scientific team with you on a walk: iNaturalist helps spawn a generation of citizen scientists

2017 Dec, The New York Times Magazine

Letter of Recommendation: iNaturalist

2017 Jul, The Atlantic

Finally: An App That Can Identify the Animal You Saw on Your Hike

2017 Mar, Science Friday

Where to Find Wildflowers? Experts Weigh In

2016 Jul, National Public Radio

The App That Aims To Gamify Biology Has Amateurs Discovering New Species

2015 Nov, Forbes

How Emerging Technologies Could Help Protect Biodiversity

2015 Aug, National Geographic

People-Powered Data Visualization

2014 Nov, MongaBay

Citizen scientist site hits one million observations of life on Earth

2014 May, Science

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

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