Experts by Last Name: B
Christopher Baker
Travel writer and photographer Christopher P. Baker—the Lowell Thomas Award 2008 ‘Travel Journalist of the Year’—is one of the world's foremost authorities on travel and tourism to Cuba and Costa Rica... More »
James Balog
James is the founder and director of the Extreme Ice Survey, a monumental and stunning look at the impact of climate change on the world’s glaciers. Shocked by the changes he saw while shooting the June 2007 National Geographic cover story on melting glaciers, Balog, who has a graduate degree in geomorphology, initiated the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted, using innovative time-lapse, video, and conventional photography at sites around the globe... More »
Iris Barry
Iris Barry is a resident of Fife, Scotland, and a historian and archaeologist by profession. She has a master's degree from the University of Cambridge in archaeology and anthropology, where her special field was the Celtic and Germanic Dark Ages of Britain... More »
Massimo Bassano
Born and raised in Italy, photojournalist Massimo Bassano has published his work in National Geographic Traveler and on the National Geographic website, plus in numerous European publications. He regularly teaches National Geographic photography workshops in Tuscany and Venice... More »
Keith Bellows
Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Keith Bellows was named Editor in Chief of National Geographic Traveler magazine in 1998 and made a vice president of the National Geographic Society in 2000. Under his stewardship, the magazine has won numerous awards and recognitions, including more than 60 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism awards, seven Folio Awards, and multiple nominations for the National Magazine Awards... More »
Melina Bellows
Melina Gerosa Bellows is Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, Books, Kids and Family at National Geographic. Melina is Editor in Chief of National Geographic Kids, the largest children's magazine in America... More »
Don Belt
Author Don Belt has traveled to 65 countries over the past three decades, working as a writer and editor for National Geographic magazine. Along the way, he has covered the defining issues of our time such as environmental degradation, vanishing cultures, Islam and the West, the effects of global climate change, and the geopolitical trends that are shaping our world... More »
Ira Block
In the mid 1970's, Ira began shooting for the National Geographic magazine, and later began working with both Traveler and Adventure magazines. His assignments have taken him to locations as diverse as Africa, the Australian outback, the Gobi Desert, Siberia, the North Pole, Greenland, and Baffin Island... More »
Steve Boyes
Dr. Steve Boyes has been leading expeditions into Africa's wild places for more than ten years... More »
Bill Branch
Bill Branch has been a wildlife biologist at the Port Elizabeth Museum in South Africa since 1979 and has undertaken fieldwork from Ethiopia to South Africa and Senegal to Madagascar. Bill is also a general naturalist and keen birder... More »
David Braun
David Braun is Editor in Chief of National Geographic Digital Media, responsible for Daily News, Science, and the Environment. A journalist for more than 35 years, he has overseen the production of some 10,000 news stories for National Geographic, hundreds of them focusing on the Society's research and exploration... More »
Ken Brushett
With degrees in biology and education, Ken Brushett has been introducing visitors to the Canadian Rockies for 15 years. Accredited as a Professional National Parks Interpreter by the Interpretive Guides Association of Banff, Alberta, and with more than 75 guided hiking trips under his belt, Ken knows the region intimately and is delighted to share his knowledge of its wildlife, geology, and history... More »
Birgit Buhleier
Filmmaker, producer, and scientist Birgit Buhleier played an integral role in the evolution of National Geographic’s Crittercam, a video camera system that has provided fascinating insights into the daily lives of hundreds of species. Through her work with Crittercam, she has sidled up to seals, sea lions and whales; studied the secret lives of great white and tiger sharks; and dived with hawksbill sea turtles... More »
David Bygott
Biologist and artist David Bygott first came to Tanzania in 1969 to work on Jane Goodall's National Geographic-funded team studying wild chimpanzees. David spent four years as a lion biologist for the Serengeti Lion Project, researching lion behavior in northern Tanzania... More »
