Citizen Science

Schoodic Summer Shorts
Our science continues, despite many challenges brought on by a global pandemic. Because so many campus events had to be […]

2020 Hawk Watch in Acadia National Park
The 26th year of observing migrating raptors as they fly over Acadia National Park has begun! Volunteer observers will be […]

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. […]