Rick Bowers is a nature photographer, naturalist, and writer. He has been photographing wildlife and nature for more than 35 years. He received a BS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Arizona. Before turning to professional photography and writing, he led nature tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours and his own tour company for 24 years. Rick led tours throughout the New World from Barrow, Alaska (the northern-most city in North America) to Tierra del Fuego (the southern tip of South America) and Antarctica. Rick lived in Europe for six years (as an Army brat) but only led tours in the Old World to the Kamchatka Peninsula of Siberia. Rick’s photo credits span the gamut from National Geographic and International Wildlife to local and state Game & Fish publications. Rick is coauthor of the Kaufman Focus Guides: Mammals of North America.