Creating a New Generation of Conservation Science Leaders
Our world faces unprecedented challenges with climate change. NatureNet Science Fellows help solve them.
A pursuit of The Nature Conservancy and leading research universities, the NatureNet Science Fellows program is a trans-disciplinary postdoctoral fellowship aimed at bridging academic excellence and conservation practice to confront climate change and create a new generation of conservation leaders who marry the rigor of academic science and analysis to real-world application in the field.
Research and the Real World
NatureNet Science Fellows work on groundbreaking research to address climate change, the most pressing conservation challenge of our time. Now in its third year, the NatureNet Fellows program pushes conservation science into entirely new areas that embrace existing and emerging technologies and disciplines, from nanotechnology for clean water and energy, to DNA-based genetic analysis to inform land management.
NatureNet Fellows
On the Hunt for Bats
Conservationists want to help the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat. But first they have to find it.
A Nature Conservancy Volunteer’s Hunt for Champion Trees
Gary Williamson and his friends have found more Champion Trees – the largest of their species – than anyone. And at age 82, he’s still searching.
Following Whimbrels Across the Hemisphere
As whimbrels arrive on the Virginia coast each year, they tell a story about a growing effort to understand how birds connect ecosystems across an entire hemisphere.
Reforesting the Gran Chaco with Drones
From the air, 8,000 native trees were seeded by TNC Argentina and the startup ReForest Latam in degraded areas of the Gran Chaco.
Bug Highway: The Hidden Paths Used by Insects
Hidden within even the world’s densest cities, connecting trees, window flowerboxes, parks and gardens, are a complex series of roads you won’t find on any map. But for our planet’s insects, they’re critical lifeways.
The Bird That Needs Fire: What Bachman’s Sparrow Can Teach Us About Restoration
Bachman’s Sparrow is more than just another bird species. It is a window into the health of one of North America’s most iconic and threatened ecosystems.
