I started using iNaturalist in 2018. I had been using the app, a free citizen science platform that defies easy categorization, to record the wildlife I observed as I traveled. A sort of real-life ...

Many people spend time outdoors gardening, hiking, hunting, farming or simply enjoying nature. Along the way, they often come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rifka Hayati/Getty Images When I recently moved, one of the building's standout features was the plethora of different plant ...

We share our planet with maybe 10 million species of plants, animals, birds, fish, fungi and bugs. And to help identify them, millions of people are using a free phone app. "Currently we have about ...

KINGSTON — The Kingston Conservation Department and Conservation Commission are hosting an event to teach how to use an app that helps identify local wildlife. Intern Finn Doherty will explain how to ...

The number of peer-reviewed studies using iNaturalist data has surged more than tenfold in the past five years, new research shows. Reading time 3 minutes With a smartphone in hand, anyone can be a ...

Sofia Zvolanek and Caitlin Brown will hold an iNaturalist workshop and guided fungi walk on Saturday (27 June), and another ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...