Students around the globe collect quality, eye-opening research data on mammals
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

Children all over the world are learning science by collecting data and running experiments in their classroom. But what if the data they collected during their school day could be used to help scientists? Turns out, it can. Researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and NC State University, running a large-scale camera-trap study called eMammal, recently enlisted the help of K-12 students from 28 schools and four countries-the United States, India, Mexico and Kenya. What the researchers, and the kids, discovered was surprising.