Anthropologist S. Ann Dunham (above, left) documented traditional crafts in Indonesia. Her field notes are now digitized and the Smithsonian is looking for digital transcribers. National ...

Working scientists have all manner of high-tech gizmos to gather field data. But Michael Canfield argues that doing it the old-fashioned way still makes sense. If you teleported Charles Darwin from ...

Field biology: the very words conjure up romance, danger, excitement. There is a thrill to fieldwork that makes lab-based scientists ask “How was your holiday?” when one returns from a stint outside.