12-05-2011 DESIGN Beautiful Scientific Field Notes Show Why Hand Drawing Is Still Necessary Working scientists have all manner of high-tech gizmos to gather field data.

Among his many qualities, the pioneering wildlife ecologist Aldo Leopold was a meticulous taker of field notes.

Until recently, researcher field notes and firsthand observations were difficult to digitize because of handwriting issues and formatting. Three library consortium projects are changing that.

The field book is the transcript of original field notes, part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie ...

WLRN's Field Notes newsletter will feature original stories from Jenny Staletovich’s field reporting. Plus, recaps, with context, of important environment and climate stories of the week.