Field Ecology vs Classroom Learning: Why Conservation Students Need Both

Conservation student conducting field ecology research on foot in Kruger National Park South Africa Nsasani Trust

Ask a student to describe a savanna and she will tell you about grasses, trees, seasonal rainfall, and fire. Ask her to walk one and she will tell you something different — something about the smell of dry soil after rain, the way impala freeze before you see what they have seen, the specific texture […]