Frances Crews James (an haife ta a ranar 29 ga watan Satumbar, shekara ta 1930) wata Ba'amurke ce masanin muhalli wanda ta yi aiki a matsayin farfesa a Kimiyyar Halittu a Jami'ar Jihar Florida . James yayi nazarin bambancin yanayin kasa a cikin girma da sifar tsuntsaye, wanda hakan ya haifar da dasa dashi ta hanyar canza launin fata mai dauke da fuka-fuki mai launin fuka-fukai masu launin ja da kuma gwaje-gwajen ra'ayoyin da ake bi na tsarin zababbun. Ita memba ce a Cibiyar Nazarin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka . James asalinsa daga Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ya nutse cikin rafin ilmin halitta tun yana ƙarami yana cikin ƙungiyar Nazarin Balaguron Kimiyyar Halitta ga Kowa. A shekara ta 1984 James ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar Orungiyar Orwararrun nwararrun nwararrun Americanwararrun Amurkawa da ke aiki na shekaru biyu har zuwa shekara ta 1986. An ba ta lambar yabo ta Fitaccen Mahalli a watan Janairun shekara ta 1997; a wannan shekarar kuma ta sami Kyautar Shugabancin Kwarai daga Cibiyar Kimiyyar Halittu ta Amurka . An ba ta lambar yabo ta Margaret Morse Nice ta shekara ta 1999 ta Kungiyar Orabi'a ta Wilson .