Biographies and Profiles

Fred Koontz .

Susan Elbin is a wild bird biologist.

Alonso Aquirre is a wild animal veterinarian and works with marine mammals.

Kevin Andrewin works in Belize to protect manatees and sea turtles.

Pablo Bordino studies the La Plata River dolphin in Argentina.

Damayanti Buchori-Hasibuan ("Dami") is a conservationist working in Indonesia.

Thomas Eisner studies insects and the chemicals they produce.

Ernesto Enkerlin studies parrots and other animals in Mexico.

Jerris Foote is a marine biologist specializing in sea turtles.

Tony Garel is the curator of the Belize Zoo and a herpetologist.

Jardim Botânico studies the native plants and habitats of Brazil.

Andrea Kozol studies insects, like the American burying beetle.

Patricia Moehlman (a.k.a. The Jackal Woman) studies wild canids and equids in Africa.

Juan Carlos Moralis works with armadillos, rhinos, and genetics.

Suzana & Claudio Padua work with lion tamarins in Brazil.

Mary Pearl is the director of a conservation organization and a primatologist.

Jonah Ratsimbazafy studies lemurs in Madagascar.
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Sergei Smirenski studies cranes and works in the Amur River valley in the Russian Far-East.

Helen Snyder studies birds of prey and parrots.

Raman Sukumar works to save the animals of India including the Asian elephant.

Jim Wetterer studies insects, including leaf-cutting ants.