Wildlife
The mission to recover the rusty patched bumblebee
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The bee’s population has mysteriously declined, falling by nearly 90 percent since the early 2000s. In 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated it an endangered species.
Citizen science
Record a prized catch for science without revealing your favorite fishing hole
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Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium has released the Great Lakes Fish Finder App to record fish sightings in the Great Lakes area.
Wildlife
A frog concert after dark
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Citizen scientists survey the state’s wetlands, listening to male frogs and toads croak their pick-up lines into the dark.
Podcasts
Field trip: everyone into the (vernal) pool
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Hear the Vernal Pool Patrol Project in action.