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Kitty Coley

Kitty Coley is a geologist, naturalist, and avid birder who serves as a consultant to National Geographic magazine and has led expeditions for National Geographic for more than eight years. She worked as a geologist for 15 years before becoming involved full-time in expedition travel... More »

Catherine Karnow

Born and raised in Hong Kong, photographer Catherine Karnow has photographed everything from Australian Aborigines and Bombay film stars to the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam. She shot the cover story "Inside Provence" for National Geographic Traveler's April 2006 issue and captured rare images of Prince Charles for her May 2006 National Geographic magazine feature, "Not Your Typical Radical... More »

Flip Nicklin

National Geographic photographer and marine biologist Flip Nicklin is widely regarded as one of the world's leading photographers of whales and was named the NANPA Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year in 2012. His majestic photos and amazing audio tracks of humpbacks and killer whales have been featured in numerous National Geographic magazines and television specials... More »

Jay Dickman

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jay Dickman has covered events as diverse as the war in El Salvador to the Olympics for numerous publications, including National Geographic magazine. A popular instructor and expedition leader, he has lived in a Stone Age village in Papua New Guinea, spent a week under the Arctic ice in a nuclear attack sub, and was on a boat that sank in the Amazon... More »

Sylvia Earle

Marine biologist Sylvia Earle is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet" in 1998, Sylvia has pioneered research on marine ecosystems... More »

Taylor Edwards

Conservation Biologist Taylor Edwards is an Assistant Staff Scientist at the University of Arizona's Human Origin’s Genotyping Laboratory where he oversees public testing for National Geographic's Genographic Project (an innovative project where people can trace their ancestry back 60,000 years using DNA). His background is a combination of wildlife ecology and molecular biology and he combines the two in his conservation research... More »

Mike Heithaus

An assistant professor at Florida International University, marine biologist Mike Heithaus has traveled extensively as a research fellow for National Geographic's Remote Imaging Program. He has completed more than 100 successful Crittercam deployments on creatures such as tiger, nurse, and hammerhead sharks; leatherback, green, and loggerhead sea turtles; and humpback, pilot, and false killer whales... More »

Chris Rainier

Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. A National Geographic Society Fellow, Chris is a director of the National Geographic All Roads Photography Program and a co-director of the NG Enduring Voices Project, documenting endangered languages and cultures... More »

Carlos Romero

Native Ecuadoran Carlos Romero has participated in scientific expeditions, published numerous papers on the wildlife of Galápagos and served as the illustrator for the Park Warden Manual used in all of Ecuador's National Parks since 1991. Carlos was recently featured on the National Geographic Channel retelling the tale of Darwin's visit to the archipelago in Darwin's Secret Notebooks... More »

Joel Sartore

Photographer Joel Sartore has produced 17 articles for National Geographic magazine, focusing on endangered species and land-use issues. He also wrote the National Geographic book The Company We Keep, America's Endangered Species... More »

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