Penguin Watch: Count Penguins from Home
On Penguin Watch, anyone online counts penguin adults, chicks and eggs in camera photos to help scientists understand their lives and environment (Zooniverse).
Image: NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Team (PIA02639, Ross Sea icebergs, Dec. 10, 2000, public domain).
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Click on photos, count penguins, help real science.
More than 102,000 volunteers have made over 859,000 classifications on Penguin Watch (Zooniverse).
Explain Like I'm 10
- Cameras in Antarctica take pictures of penguins.
- There are too many photos for scientists to check alone.
- Volunteers like you count the penguins online.
The Five W's of Penguin Watch
Who
Volunteers on the Zooniverse citizen-science platform.
What
Counting penguin adults, chicks and eggs in camera images.
When
This project launched on Zooniverse in April 2018 and is live.
Where
Online, with images from cameras placed throughout the Antarctic region.
Source: IAATO, Citizen Science
Why
Studying penguins tells scientists a lot about the health of Antarctica's A community of living things and the place they live, like a reef or a forest, all depending on each other. Glossary.
Source: IAATO, Citizen Science
How You Can Help
- Count penguins on Penguin Watch: free and online
- Use it in class: students can classify images together
No Donate button here: Penguin Watch is a volunteer project, so the best way to help is to take part. The ways to take part above are real options listed on the organization's own site.
Saving Planets features Penguin Watch because its work helps the planet. This is a showcase, not a partnership: we are not partners with Penguin Watch and receive nothing from it.
Connected Solutions
- Oceanites Counting penguins on the ground for 30+ years.
Impact Statement
Citizen science · live
Penguin Watch monitors penguins' annual breeding success and reproductive behaviours (IAATO).
Source: IAATO, Citizen Science
For Further Information: IAATO, Citizen Science
With 100 live cameras placed throughout the region, citizen scientists can help from anywhere (IAATO).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
Anyone can take part online, which makes it a classroom-friendly science project (Zooniverse).
Source: Zooniverse, Penguin Watch (project statistics)
For Nature
Breeding data help scientists track how penguin colonies are doing (IAATO).
Source: IAATO, Citizen Science
Start Counting Penguins
Ready to help? Start counting penguins now.
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