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

Cool Green Holiday Book Review 2024

Six books — ranging from eels to owls to outdoor adventures — that will make great gifts for your loved ones, or yourself.

Justine E. Hausheer and Matthew L. Miller

Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests

First study of its kind shows that decades of coconut palm agriculture have led to deforestation on over 80 percent of Pacific atolls, and coconut palms now cover more than half of the atolls’ forested areas.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

First Christmas & First Loss

This excerpt from A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey tells the story of Heidi Redd’s very rough first Christmas on the ranch.

Heidi Redd and Larisa Bowen

The 5 Golden Rings? They Might be Pheasants

The classic holiday carol is heavy on birds. And some believe even the 5 golden rings have an avian connection.

Matthew L. Miller

Photographing Water for the One of the World’s Driest Cities

A photographer captions the merging of modern science and ancient wisdom in the Peruvian Andes

Jenny Rogers

Tracking Down the American Woodcock

A Q&A with scientist Colby Slezak on how following the migrating shorebirds revealed a rare nesting pattern.

Jenny Rogers