A new app could help streamline loon data by enabling citizens to log observations

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Abagael Giles

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

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