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These archival photographs put naturalists and conservationists in the places they studied or worked to protect. They show fieldwork at ground level, from watching chimpanzees and studying tidal pools to surveying wilderness and planting trees.

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John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt at Glacier Point
John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt at Glacier Point: Muir and Roosevelt stand above Yosemite Valley in 1903. Muir used their…
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Jane Goodall With Flint at Gombe
Jane Goodall With Flint at Gombe: Flint reaches toward Goodall at Gombe, where she started observing chimpanzees in 1960…
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Dian Fossey and Rafiki in Rwanda
Dian Fossey and Rafiki in Rwanda: Fossey folds her arms while facing Rafiki, a mountain gorilla she observed in the Virunga…
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Rachel Carson and Bob Hines in the Florida Keys
Rachel Carson and Bob Hines in the Florida Keys: Carson and wildlife artist Bob Hines lean over the shallows during marine…
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Wangari Maathai Planting Trees in the Aberdare Forest
Wangari Maathai Planting Trees in the Aberdare Forest: Maathai helps a child water a newly planted tree in Kenya’s Aberdare…
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Mardy and Olaus Murie on the Sheenjek Expedition
Mardy and Olaus Murie on the Sheenjek Expedition: The Muries carry their packs on a 1956 survey of Alaska's Sheenjek River…
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Aldo Leopold Planting White Pine in Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold Planting White Pine in Wisconsin: Leopold bends to plant white pine at the Shack in 1939. He and his family…
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Chico Mendes Tapping Rubber Near Xapuri
Chico Mendes Tapping Rubber Near Xapuri: Mendes collects latex from a rubber tree in Acre, Brazil. He organized rubber…
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Daphne Sheldrick With an Orphaned Elephant
Daphne Sheldrick With an Orphaned Elephant: An elephant curls its trunk toward Sheldrick. Her work in Kenya helped develop…
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Biruté Galdikas and Sugito in Borneo
Biruté Galdikas and Sugito in Borneo: Galdikas paddles through a pandanus thicket with Sugito in 1975. Her long-running…
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George Schaller Fitting a Jaguar’s Radio Collar
George Schaller Fitting a Jaguar’s Radio Collar: Schaller fits a radio collar on a jaguar during fieldwork in Brazil’s…
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Beatrix Potter and Kep at Hill Top
Beatrix Potter and Kep at Hill Top: Potter sits by a dry-stone wall with her sheepdog Kep around 1907 or 1908. She bought…
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E. O. Wilson Looking for Insects at Walden Pond
E. O. Wilson Looking for Insects at Walden Pond: Wilson pauses while looking for insects at Walden Pond State Reservation…
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Steve Irwin With a Crocodile
Steve Irwin With a Crocodile: Irwin lies in the water next to a crocodile fitted with a tracking tag. He began studying…
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David Attenborough Filming Zoo Quest
David Attenborough Filming Zoo Quest: Attenborough works with a camera outdoors in 1954 during the early days of the BBC’s…

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