Citizen Science

We see stars: a call to (five) arms, from Schoodic to Stonington
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this effort, helping to add 96 sea star observations to iNaturalist! Both Asterias […]

Cadillac Mountain Hawk Watch: After 25 years, some trends emerge
by Seth Benz 2019 marked the 25th year of the Hawk Watch atop Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park, carried […]

Acadia’s “Moth Man”
Since 2016, Frank Distefano aka “Moth Man” has documented moths with photography, contributing the images to a global database of […]

The 2020 field season is underway
The field season has begun! The Schoodic Institute Science & Education team welcomed two ecology technicians who started work on […]

New research publication on the Dragonfly Mercury Project
The foundational work on the Dragonfly Mercury Project was published today in the journal, Environmental Science & Technology, “A national-scale […]

Living on warbler time
Comparing 2020 warbler arrivals with historic spring arrival dates on the Schoodic Peninsula gleaned from eBird checklists by Seth Benz, […]

Community Questions, Student Answers
by Sarah Hooper and Bill Zoellick During the 2019-20 school year, students from the Pathways Program at Sumner Memorial High […]

Small Reflections on World Bee Day
by Catherine Schmitt; photo by David Manski Natural stories are for everyone, and we need everyone to help create them. […]

Spring 2020 Citizen Science Challenge
On Friday, March 20, the first day of spring, we launched a six-week challenge to Hancock County residents: contribute observations […]

A day in the field with Earthwatch
Photo essay by Paola Vazquez-Gomez, July 2019 As our first Earthwatch team of the season laid out transects for cross-system […]