citizen science

California King Tides Project: Photograph the Future January 1–3, 2022

Dec 30, 2021

Here is a funnel web with a spider at its entrance. Picture by Tony Iwane, shared via Flickr under Creative Commons license.

Contribute to Creepy Crawly Community Science Projects

Oct 29, 2021

A plastic sand toy left on rocks at the beach.

Community Scientists Make a Difference for Morro Bay

Feb 19, 2021

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Monarch Migration and Population Decline

Jan 15, 2021

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Reasons for Monarch Decline and What You Can Do

Jan 01, 2021

This image shows the stairway to the beach at Tidelands Park. An ultra-low tide is pictured on the left and an ultra-high tide on the right.

Help Scientists See the Future: California King Tides Project 2020 to 2021

Dec 11, 2020

Monitoring Coordinator, Makenzie, sports a mask during fieldwork.

Director’s Desk: We Are Still Here, Monitoring, Restoring, Educating

Jun 12, 2020

Cerberilla pungoarena in Morro Bay. Copyright passiflora4, Laura Schachterle and Thomas Hintz.

Rare Nudibranch! Two Citizen Scientists find Cerberilla pungoarena in the Morro Bay Estuary

Feb 21, 2020

windy cove king tide 2019

Help Scientists See the Future: California King Tides Project 2020

Jan 03, 2020

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus leaves in Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Photograph courtesy of Michael "Mike" L. Baird, bairdphotos.com by Flickr Creative Commons license.

Help Scientists Track the Dwindling Population of Monarch Butterflies

Nov 22, 2019