Virgil Hancock was born and grew up in Tucson, Ariz. He completed medical school in 1984 and finished his psychiatric residency in 1988. His first portfolio of photographs was published in “Arizona Highways” in 1990....

John P. Schaefer is president emeritus of the University of Arizona, where he had an active twenty-one-year career in teaching and research. A conservationist and avid birdwatcher, he helped organize the Tucson Audubon Society and found the Nature Conservancy in Arizona....

Stemming from a passion for science and art, Thomas Wiewandt has forged a career in natural history media and owns Wild Horizons Productions. His latest book "Hidden Life of the Desert: And Our Future in the Drying Southwest"––a timely and greatly expanded 3rd Edition––challenges readers (6th Grade and older) to adopt desert thinking for desert living....

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