A BioBlitz is when citizen-scientists, naturalists, and volunteers get outdoors and document as many species of flora and fauna as possible in a natural environment over a set period of time. With ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 1—WILKES-BARRE — A census of hundreds of species living in Nesbitt and Kirby parks was conducted on Friday and Saturday this ...

Lynn White records an observation of a wooly caterpillar at Bulls Run Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum using the iNaturalist app. Lynn White aims her phone camera at a fuzzy caterpillar perched on a ...

ATHENS, Wis. (WSAW) - The Maple Grove Elementary School in Athens is enhancing its students’ learning in a new way. Today was the first ‘Bioblitz’ for kids to learn about several different types of ...

The Vermont Butterfly Survey, an ambitious cataloguing of every single such insect that flutters within the state’s boundaries, was a huge project stretching from 2002 to 2007. Though naturalists at ...

Reston, Virginia participated in their first 24-hour BioBlitz on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Reston Association coordinated the event, in which scientists joined with citizens in a challenge to document ...

More than 60 scientists and conservationists from across the state will be congregating on Milwaukee's northwest side on June 9. Teams will have 24 hours to find as many animal and plant species as ...

September marks a time of change. From the end of summer to back to school, there are so many things that are wrapping up or starting fresh. The month also includes one of our favorite events for ...

In 1996, USGS scientists embarked on a 24 hour inventory of a park in Washington D.C. Their aim was to identify every plant and animal species on the grounds, and the term BioBlitz was coined. Ellen ...

(02-26) 10:16 PST Oakland-- Karen Gill, 8, turned over a rock on the shore of Lake Merritt and a bug hopped out. "It jumped crazy high," she said. She caught it in a bucket and brought it to a group ...