FIELD NOTES is our modern version of 18th-century natural history. We write about contemporary life in the field and in Academia.

We challenge pervasive ideas and explore new notions of what it means to be a tropical field ecologist in the Big Data era.

Puerto Rican Vanilla
Aya Davalos Aya Davalos

Puerto Rican Vanilla

Vanilla doesn’t come to mind when you think of Puerto Rico. Yet the history of vanilla is intricately tied to the history of the island.

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