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Why Field Research Remains an Essential Part of Scientific Inquiry and Inclusion

Why Field Research Remains an Essential Part of Scientific Inquiry and Inclusion

Sarah Boon on the Trailblazing 19th-Century Women Who Fed Her Passion For the Natural World

By Sarah Boon | June 25, 2025

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

John MacNeill Miller on Harriet Martineau’s Prescient Vision of Humanity

By John MacNeill Miller | September 25, 2024

How Japanese-American Scientist Eugenie Clark Spearheaded the Study of Sharks

How Japanese-American Scientist Eugenie Clark Spearheaded the Study of Sharks

Jasmin Graham on the Unsung Contributions of Women of Color to Marine Biology

By Jasmin Graham | July 18, 2024

How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

Erin Zimmerman on How Botany Helped to Complicate Our Views of Gender

By Erin Zimmerman | April 19, 2024

The Past and Present of Writing Women Out of Scientific History

The Past and Present of Writing Women Out of Scientific History

Jan Eliasberg on Lise Meitner, Kati Kariko, and the Project of Correcting the Record

By Jan Eliasberg | October 27, 2023

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

Melissa L. Sevigny on the Need to Tell More Stories About Ordinary Female Scientists

By Melissa L. Sevigny | May 23, 2023

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