article thumbnail

From Coastal Ecosystems to Cultural Exchanges, a Fulbright in Fiji this Fall

Academy of Natural Sciences

This year, five Drexel students and recent alumni have been selected as recipients, including the Academy’s own Curatorial Assistant Daouda Njie, a recent graduate of Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science who was awarded a study research grant to Fiji. I think you’d be good.

article thumbnail

Highlighting Biodiversity: Spectacular Birds and the Amazon River

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Amazon Rainforest. Few places are as evocative of biodiversity as the Amazon Rainforest, a region of South America that occupies just 0.5% Roughly 1,300 bird species call the Amazon Rainforest their home, as do more than 3,000 species of fishes and countless primates, butterflies, orchids, frogs and more. Lukas Musher/ANS.

article thumbnail

Effecting Change with a Fulbright Fellowship

Academy of Natural Sciences

For Akilah Chatman, a Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) graduate from Drexel University, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more.