NextGen Natural History: The use of genetic, tracking, and citizen science data to pursue classical natural history questions

Persistent questions have driven Natural History through millennia. Our tools to investigate and record our findings have changed, with recent innovations in genetic, tracking, visualization, and information sharing technologies allowing naturalists new insights into long studied systems. These new approaches to classical questions- ‘NextGen Natural History’- have changed the content of the Naturalist’s field bag without altering the inherent wonder and appreciation in our discipline.