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

Aquaculture Can Benefit Blue Carbon Ecosystems

A new review, led by TNC scientists, explores the potential for bivalve aquaculture to benefit blue carbon ecosystems.

Story type: TNC Science Brief

New Jersey Cats Caught on Camera

Photographer Steve Winter uses camera traps to capture stunning images of bobcats and other wildlife in New Jersey.

Jenny Rogers and Steve Winter

Remote-Controlled Badger Helps Study Prairie Dog Alarm Calls

Researchers in Montana use a taxidermied badger and remote-control car to show how long-billed curlews listen in on prairie dog alarm calls.

Christine Peterson

Palmyra Atoll: An Angler’s Experience Fishing for Science

A passion for fishing remote places leads this global fishing guide to Palmyra Atoll.

Francois Botha

Call Boxes & Crow Effigies: Protecting Nesting Birds in Cape May

TNC is using call boxes, fake effigies, and bird decoys to protect nesting shorebirds on Cape May.

Matthew L. Miller

To Help Iconic Trees, Inject Them With Disease

To save American elms, conservationists are quite literally injecting disease into the trees. This Q&A explains why.

Jenny Rogers