Ohio wants your help to see how animals react to the solar eclipse

• The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is hoping to crowdsource observations about how animals react when the sky suddenly darkens.

What they're saying: "We're asking people to make observations 30 minutes before totality, during, and 30 minutes after," Jen Dennison, an education and outreach manager with ODNR, tells Axios.

• "They could be sights, sounds, and smells — anything that shows that there could be some kind of behavior change that we're not expecting."

Zoom in: The state is collecting the observations via the app iNaturalist.

• You can find full instructions for how to participate on iNaturalist's website.

What to expect: Officials suggest making some practice observations before the big day, but otherwise participating shouldn't require much preparation.