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How did a toilet photo become a breakthrough for science? 📸🦦

Scott Loarie of @inaturalist-org shares how a camper in a remote Colombian cabin snapped the first confirmed photos of a living Colombian weasel, a species once known only from 1800s museum skins. Uploaded to iNaturalist, the images turned a chance sighting into a major scientific moment, showing the surprising power of citizen science.


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Scott Loarie is a conservation biologist and the co-director of iNaturalist, one of the world’s largest community science platforms. With a background in global biodiversity research and a PhD from Stanford University, Loarie has spent his career at the intersection of ecology, technology, and public engagement. Before iNaturalist, he led groundbreaking work on species extinction risk and climate change at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Under his leadership, iNaturalist has grown into a global network of millions of users, responsible for over 300 million observations and 25% of the planet’s known species. Passionate about empowering everyday people to contribute to science and conservation, Loarie is helping reshape how we monitor, protect, and connect with life on Earth.

Eva Cornman is an Education Associate at the Museum of Science and a science writer. She recently completed her master’s degree in Science Writing at MIT, where she developed her expertise in translating complex research into clear, engaging narratives. Prior to that, she studied molecular and cellular biology and managed a human gut microbiome laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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