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Randy Babb

Biologist Randy Babb has served as a consultant for National Geographic television programs on ecology. A specialist in herpetology, Randy has taught rain forest ecology courses in Latin America and enjoys introducing people of all ages to the creatures of the jungle—from large mammals to the tiniest insects and frogs... More »

Christopher Baker

A diverse team of experts — from naturalists to geologists — accompanies these expeditions. Joining several expeditions this season will be travel writer and photographer Christopher P... More »

Iris Barry

Iris Barry is a resident of Fife, Scotland, and a historian and archaeologist by profession. She has a Master's 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 National Geographic online, as well as numerous European publications; and he regularly teaches National Geographic photography workshops in Tuscany and Venice. His acclaimed photography book, The Color of Silence, detailed the 12 weeks he spent in a little-known Italian monastery... More »

Edwin Bearss

Edwin C. Bearss is one of America’s foremost Civil War historians... More »

Cynthia Becker

Cynthia Becker, a professor of African art history at Boston University, lived in Morocco for several years. She has served as a consultant on North African art and culture for numerous media projects and museums, including a National Geographic Television series on the Tuaregs and a National Geographic magazine article about Morocco’s Berbers... More »

Keith Bellows

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Keith Bellows was named Editor in Chief of National Geographic Traveler magazine in January 1998 and made a vice president of the National Geographic Society in March 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 two nominations for the National Magazine Awards... More »

Bill Branch

Bill Branch has been a wildlife biologist at the Port Elizabeth Museum, 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 »

Sisse Brimberg

Sisse Brimberg and Cotton Coulson, based in Denmark, are two highly experienced photographers who have also been partners in marriage for 30 years. Collectively they have photographed over 50 stories for National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Traveler during the past 32 years... More »

Dr. Gro Brundtland

Dr. Gro Brundtland spent 20 years in public office, including serving as Prime Minister of Norway—the first woman, and youngest person , to ever do so... More »

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