Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, Alaska, USA

THE LIVING WILD
About the Authors

Art Wolfe is one of the most celebrated and highly published nature photographers of our time. His honors include a 2000 Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography and the 1998 Nature Photographer of the Year Award from his peers. His books include Water, Rainforests of the World, Tribes, Migrations and Light on the Land.

William Conway is senior conservationist for the Wildlife Conservation Society. For over thirty years he served as its general director, helping to create wildlife reserves and leading in the evolution of zoos and aquariums worldwide. He was instrumental in developing a plan for the conservation of 130 critically endangered species.

Richard Dawkins is one of today’s most influential scientists. He is an evolutionary biologist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His books include The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and Unweaving the Rainbow.

Jane Goodall has conducted the longest continuous field research ever on a single species – forty years with the chimpanzees of Tanzania. Her work has revolutionized the way we view our fellow primates. She established the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to promote conservation and environmental education. Her books include In the Shadow of Man, The Chimpanzees of Gombe, Though a Window, Reason for Hope and Africa in My Blood.

John Sawhill is the president of The Nature Conservancy. Under his presidency, The Nature Conservancy has become the fifteenth-largest nonprofit group in the United States with over one million members. He has served with three U.S. presidents and is a world authority on energy and energy-related issues.

George Schaller is one of the world’s foremost wildlife field researchers. Since 1988 he has served as the director for science at the Wildlife Conservation Society. His work has helped persuade China to set aside 25 percent of Tibet as nature reserves. His books include The Year of the Gorilla, The Deer and the Tiger, Serengeti Lion, Mountain Monarchs, The Last Panda, and Tibet’s Hidden Wilderness.

Michelle Gilders is a biological consultant, photographer, and author. She is a native of England and has a Masters degree from New College, Oxford University. She has worked for BP Exploration in Alaska. Her books include Reflections of a Whale-Watcher, Crossing Alaska, Water, The Nature of Great Apes, and Primal Forces.