Birders, gamers, kids and scientists are joining forces on a ‘Pokemon Go’ style real-life adventure in nature. From 9th-25th March, the Feathered Frenzy bioQuest will give players and ‘bio-experts’ a chance to win prizes. The competition is free everyone, everywhere.
Gamers of all ages will be on the lookout for interesting flies, ants, bees and wasps as they compete for prizes and support scientific research. The Buzzing Bonanza BioQuest, a ‘Pokemon Go’ style real-life adventure, will see competitors submit sightings using their mobile phones. The competition runs from 9th-25th February and is open to anyone, anywhere.
Last month Griffin and Jasper showed us how to build a 'light sheet' to attract insects. This month they're sharing another trick that can help 'bring the wildlife to you'.
Getting good sightings for the Butterfly and Moth Madness BioQuest, need not be hard. Learn a few tricks from one of our top players, Ben Revell, who has sent in a new ‘BioQuest tips’ video. “The trick,” to getting good Butterfly sightings Ben tells us, “is to take lots of pictures.'
In what may be a world first, scientists are teaming up with gamers to map and discover butterflies and moths. From 5-21 January, gamers of all ages will be using their mobile phones to compete for prizes as they find and photograph some of nature’s most fascinating creatures - a group of insect known as Lepidoptera.
See how QuestaGame's #1 ranked player, Grisper, finds so many fantastic sightings, day in, day out. Maybe you can learn a trick or two, and take him on in a head-to-head challenge... although we never said you'd have a chance of winning :P In 'The Things that Sting', Grisper's first BioQuest Tips video, he explores his own backyard for small creatures that many people would shy away from.
