NatureNet Science Fellows

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

Camera Trap Chronicles: Rattlesnakes and Howling Coyotes

And more. Coming to you from TNC’s Bridgestone Reserve in central Tennessee.

Matthew L. Miller

Tracking the Tiny Bats of Aotearoa 

Join scientists for a night of bat trapping in New Zealand, where predator control is helping to protect the country’s only endemic land mammal.

Justine E. Hausheer

The Only Birding Apps You’ll Ever Need

Having one (or all) of these apps on your mobile phone or tablet is like having an expert birding guide by your side at all times.

Cara Cannon Byington and Justine E. Hausheer

Earth Day Book Review 2025

Here are 6 books to fuel your curiosity about the world around you this Earth Day.

Matthew L. Miller

Meet Four Amazing Endemic Parrots from New Zealand

New Zealand is home to a small handful of endemic parrots, including the nocturnal, flightless kākāpō to the mischievous alpine kea.  

Justine E. Hausheer

50 Fish, 50 States: Rhode Island’s Wild Brook Trout

Wild brook trout in Rhode Island? Our smallest state provides memorable brook trout fishing.

Matthew L. Miller