73% matchScience & Curiosity
Entomology
Get close to the insect world, and collect, identify, and understand it.
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Meteorology
Read the sky and the data well enough to call tomorrow's weather.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
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71% matchScience & Curiosity
Mycology
Learn the hidden kingdom of fungi from the forest floor up.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
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70% matchScience & Curiosity
Field Archaeology
Dig carefully and read the past straight out of the dirt.
OutdoorsCommunityDeep practice
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67% matchScience & Curiosity
Local History Research
Dig up the forgotten stories of the streets you live on.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
65% matchScience & Curiosity
Genealogy
Trace your family back through records, names, and dead ends.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
More soloLess physical
64% matchScience & Curiosity
Personality Typology
Map how people tick through the frameworks that try to explain us.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Less physical
63% matchNature & Outdoors
Astronomy
Learn the night sky by name, from planets to galaxies a million years away.
OutdoorsSolo focusEasy to start
More soloLess physical
62% matchScience & Curiosity
Cryptozoology
Chase the evidence behind creatures science hasn't confirmed.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Less physical
58% matchScience & Curiosity
Epigraphy
Read what was carved in stone thousands of years ago.
At homeSolo focusResearch
Steeper to learnMore solo
57% matchScience & Curiosity
Paleography
Learn to read handwriting that's been illegible for centuries.
At homeSolo focusResearch
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53% matchScience & Curiosity
Cryptography
Make and break codes, the math that keeps secrets secret.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Steeper to learnLess physical
50% matchNature & Outdoors
Birdwatching
Learn to name the birds around you by sight, song, and habit.
OutdoorsSolo focusLight physicality
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50% matchCollecting & Appreciation
Vexillology
The study and design of flags: why they look the way they do, and how to design a great one.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
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49% matchScience & Curiosity
People Watching
Sit, watch, and read the quiet stories strangers tell without words.
OutdoorsSolo focusLow entry cost
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47% matchNature & Outdoors
Herping
Go looking for snakes, frogs, and lizards where they actually live.
OutdoorsSolo focusDeep practice
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47% matchScience & Curiosity
Speculative Biology
Invent alien life that evolves by real biological rules.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
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46% matchNature & Outdoors
Stargazing
Step outside, look up, and learn the sky one constellation at a time.
OutdoorsSolo focusEasy to start
More soloLess physical
42% matchNature & Outdoors
Cloud Spotting
Look up. Learn the cloud types, read the weather they bring, and rediscover the sky for free.
OutdoorsSolo focusLow entry cost
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42% matchScience & Curiosity
Ethnomusicology
Understand cultures through the music they make and why.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
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42% matchCollecting & Appreciation
Fossil Hunting
Split rock and meet a creature that died a hundred million years ago.
OutdoorsSolo focusDeep practice
Steeper to learnMore physical
42% matchNature & Outdoors
Geocaching
Follow GPS coordinates to a container someone hid for you to find.
OutdoorsLight physicalityEasy to start
42% matchCollecting & Appreciation
Meteorite Hunting
Search the desert for rocks that fell from space.
OutdoorsSolo focusDeep practice
Steeper to learnMore physical