Life Sciences

Hellbender Havoc is an educational game teaching the public about North American Hellbender Salamander lifecycle and conservation to support protection efforts.

Skin & Bones uses augmented reality to animate Smithsonian vertebrate skeletons, making scientific concepts more engaging for museum visitors and students.

Global citizen science project enabling birdwatchers to record observations, contributing to a quality-controlled database for scientific research and conservation.

Catch Reporting lets recreational and commercial fishermen log Atlantic Highly Migratory Species catch data, ensuring compliance with federal fishing regulations.

FathomVerse is a citizen science game where players label marine animals in underwater imagery, helping train AI for ocean research.

Find My Understudied Genes helps biologists analyze datasets to identify understudied but tractable genes for disease research and further investigation.

Gene Tutor helps college students learn classical and molecular genetics through sample questions, study materials, and a glossary for course preparation.

Citizen science tool allowing public jellyfish and ocean condition reports to global database, enhancing spatial and temporal monitoring data.

Merlin Bird ID helps the public identify birds using photos, sounds, and questions, powered by machine learning trained on citizen science.

Community science tool enabling volunteers to submit monarch butterfly tagging, recovery, and calendar data to support conservation research and efforts.

NestWatch enables volunteers and professionals to report North American bird nest observations, contributing data to avian ecology and conservation research databases.

PolliNation ID enables the public to identify and submit native pollinator observations, addressing data gaps for conservation through citizen science.

Citizen science app for North Americans reporting winter bird feeder observations, providing invaluable data for studying environmental impacts on populations.

See and ID Dolphins and Whales helps enthusiasts identify marine mammals in Southeastern U.S. using visual characteristics and photo-identification techniques.

Educational game teaching students about animal diversity and habitats by casting animals in movie roles based on their unique traits.

Cell biology research tool processing microscopy images to quantify individual cell properties like protein expression and enable handheld data annotation.

Educational simulator helping students visualize how ion movement across cell membranes creates electrical potential using Nernst and Goldman equations.

Augmented reality tool simulating parasitic manipulation of ant behavior to teach general audiences about complex parasite-host ecological interactions.

Helps non-experts identify and select trees for planting in Utah and Intermountain West using searchable database with 21 filtering characteristics.

WI Fish ID helps users identify 174 Wisconsin fish species using multi-feature queries, photo galleries, and dichotomous keys.

Digital field guide helping students and land managers identify over 240 woody plant species in Utah using identification keys and photos.

Field identification guide helping botanists, water preservationists, and pond managers identify aquatic plant species to select appropriate treatment strategies.

Life science mystery game immersing third to fifth graders in bee pollination research, data collection, and biological competition concepts.

Educational introduction to animals and plants at a Smithsonian tropical research site for anyone interested in learning about forest ecology.