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Field Studies in Biodiversity & Conservation Biology

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 excited opportunities that are available to cedar Crest Students!

We invite you to join us. Click on the photos for a larger view.


Amazon rainforest Caribbean coral reefs Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Little Lehigh Creek

Amazon Rainforest, Peru

Dusky Titi Monkeys Dusky Titi monkeys
Buttress roots
Capybara family 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
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
Calabash Cay Marine Bluehole
Calabash Cay Marine Bluehole

Queen Conch
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!


All photos © Cigliano 2003