Field Research

Emma Steigerwald, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, moves in to collect a spider that will be used as part of the California Conservation genomics project (CCGP). A project focusing on Californian biodiversity and aiming to build the most comprehensive genomic dataset ever assembled for conservation science.

Emma Steigerwald, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, holds a captured spider that will be used as part of the California Conservation genomics project (CCGP). A project focusing on Californian biodiversity and aiming to build the most comprehensive genomic dataset ever assembled for conservation science.

Biologists and members of a the Peruvian Biodiversity survey observe and take photos of a enigmatic glass frog species as it perches on a leaf in the nighttime jungle. Boots on the ground research like this is critical to gathering baseline data on species' distributions, populations status and other trends to inform conservation work.