THE LIVING WILD.In The Living Wild (Wildlands Press, $65), renowned photographer Art Wolfe Art Wolfe is an American photographer noted for his color photographs of wildlife and nature, and his advocacy of wildlife conservation. Photography career Wolfe's parents were both commercial artists in Seattle, Washington. focuses his lens on the world's most charismatic indicator species to raise awareness about biodiversity and threatened habitat. Wolfe's personal odyssey began with a photograph of a Florida panther The Florida panther is a critically endangered representative of Cougar (Puma concolor) that lives in the low pinelands, palm forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States. , one of only 50 remaining in the wild, and ended more than three years later with a polar bear polar bear, large white bear, Ursus maritimus, formerly Thalarctos maritimus, of the coasts of arctic North America. Polar bears usually live on drifting pack ice, but sometimes wander long distances inland. cub flesh from the den, taking its first tentative steps on spring snow. In between, Wolfe captured shots of more than 140 species in their native habitats. Accompanying the photos are eloquent essays by Jane Goodall Noun 1. Jane Goodall - English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) Goodall , Richard Dawkins, George Schaller, William Conway and John Sawhill. A portion of the book's proceeds goes to the Wildlife Conservation Society. |
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