Citizen Science

Dr. Michael Soukup Honored With George Hartzog Award
from National Parks Traveler The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks has honored Dr. Michael Soukup with its George Hartzog […]

New research shows dramatic declines in Acadia National Park winter bird populations
WINTER HARBOR, MAINE – Acadia National Park’s winter bird populations have declined by nearly half since 1971, according to a […]

Watching the tide and measuring the rising sea
by Catherine Schmitt Tides are highest (and lowest) during full and new moons, when the moon and sun – and […]

The “Bug Lady” of Schoodic Point
Story + photos by Olivia Milloway From May through the end of September, Deb Priest searches for caterpillars. Just off […]

Schoodic Signals: Bumble Bees
by Jess Moskowitz Bees! They are some of nature’s hardest workers, facilitating pollination for the majority of flowering plants around […]

A banditry of chickadees
story + photos by Seth Benz A black-capped chickadee “irruption” is most noteworthy among the usual migrating birds counted at […]

Sharp-shinned Rascals
In the September nor-westers also fly Hawks, sometimes in veritable companies. Evil little sharp-shinned rascals flap and sail through the […]

Fall is changing in Acadia
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Some day not too long ago, the chitter of swifts and the ring of […]

Getting to know the sounds and stories of Acadia
by Olivia Milloway Since coming to Acadia National Park at the beginning of the summer, my senses have yet to […]

Visualizing citizen science data from national parks
by Kyle Lima Schoodic Institute is creating a new way to analyze and visualize citizen science data on biological diversity […]