Citizen science has also evolved to include the use of mobile technology.
Citizen science refers to the actions of non-specialist volunteers who collect data to contribute to ongoing research. An example is the multinational Christmas Bird Count organized by the National Audubon Society. Through this program, volunteers have observed birds in their local communities for over a century, providing abundance data on wintering bird populations. Citizen science has also evolved to include the use of mobile technology. For instance, WildLab is an iPhone application used to quantify biodiversity (in this case, birds and marine life), with information sent via phone to Cornell University.