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Forget white coats and sterile laboratories, many scientists have a deep, personal relationship with the natural environments that become their subject matter. 
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Great list of smart phone apps for collecting field data. Get your class outside and exploring with these tools! From the Bruna Lab/Tropical Ecology/University of Florida: http://brunalab.org/apps/
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I think photography can be an incredibly powerful tool to inspire the change necessary to make a difference. It allows people to be drawn to a place or an animal and immediately feel connected to it. Without this connection, there is no support and without support, there is no change.
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Great interview on the interface between science, art, communication, and conservation.
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Patricia Wright's quest to study secretive Amazonian monkeys is a preposterous and delightful story.
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A great role model for those "nature girls" in your classrooms! Patricia Wright's new book, High Moon is a blend of adventure and science - a story that may speak most of all to girls and young women who are seized by a fierce desire to observe and help save the natural world
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North America's most beautiful singer may have a problem.
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A great overview of the importance and challenges of field work. Read and listen!
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Amphibians can find the shortest path home when lost
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WondWorking in the field always makes research more challenging, and doing atmospheric science deep in the rainforest is especially tricky. Ben Langford describes how mosquito repellent, gaffer tape and children's balloons helped keep his project on track.
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Wonderful feature on the rewards and challenges of taking science out of the lab into the field. Great teaching resource for science career lesson!
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Help throw off the stereotype of scientists and share these great images with your students as alternatives!