Biodiversity & Conservation Biology

Field Studies

Field studies are a major, central component of the Biodiversity & Conservation Biology program. Students are encouraged to "get into the field" as much as possible and we provide several opportunities to do so. Whether the field studies are local or far away, they all have one thing in common -- students get to study real life conservation issues and conduct research in some of the most endangered habitats on earth and on some of the most important conservation problems.

Below are pictures from field courses and experiences taught by Cedar Crest faculty. We are also affiliated with the School for Field Studies, where students can spend a semester or a month studying and conducting real research on environmental and conservation-related issues. Field sites include Turks & Caicos Islands (Caribbean), Baja (Mexico), Kenya, Australia, and Costa Rica. Visit their website to see the exciting opportunities that are available to Cedar Crest students!

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Amazon Rainforest, Peru
Dusky Titi monkeys	Buttress roots	Capybara mother & kids	Macaws over the Rio Tambopata	One of the "Chicos"
Bat captured during night hike (we let it go!)	Canopy tower	View from canopy tower	A trail (really!) through the forest	Leaf cutter ants
Strangler fig	Rain!!!	Piranha	Owl moth	Lunch on the Rio Tambopata (delicious!)
Andros Island, The Bahamas
Winter 2002 Screamin Conchs!	The Reef!	Calabash Cay Marine Bluehole	Calabash Cay Marine Bluehole	Queen Conch (Strombus gigas)
South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands
Winter 2004 Friggin Conchs!	School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies - our home for 10 days	The Center: it's the laboratory/dining room/computer room/library /theater	Courtyard in front of the Center	Relaxing in the pool!
Kitchen duty-we play music, we have fun!	Corinne & Lauren studying in their room	Getting ready for the field outside the student wing	Relaxing on the porch before going into the field	A South Caicos sunset
Lauren is ready for some fieldwork!	Valerie heads down to the reef	The reef!	Mo' reef	A stoplight parrot fish in the reef
Snappers & grunts at a patch reef	Surface interval	Last one in the boat is a rotten Caribbean sea-egg urchin!!	Measuring "knocked" queen conch shells as part of study on study on effectiveness of fishing regulations	Mangrove walk
I see a...spotted eagle ray!!!	Rachel, Candace, & Amber during our field trip to the old Coast Guard Station at the northernmost point of "Big South"	Watch out for those iguanas, Amber!	Sandy Point...a great place for picnicking and...	...for shell collecting!