Naturalist
Explore the profiles of acclaimed scientists, authors, conservationists, and environmentalists who have made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Learn about their groundbreaking discoveries, inspiring writings, and tireless efforts to protect our planet's natural wonders.

Paul Rosolie
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

Thomas Barbour
USA
USANaturalist, herpetologist, professor and director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University

Jim Corbett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish hunter, conservationist, naturalist, writer.

Cornelis Jansen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch theologian

Wangari Maathai
Kenya
KenyaKenyan ecologist, professor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2004

Alfred Brehm
Germany
GermanyGerman zoologist and traveler, author of the famous popular science work “Animal Life”.

Konrad Lawrence
Austria
AustriaFamous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973famous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973

Joseph Deniker
France
FranceFrench naturalist and anthropologist

Henry Labonne
France
FranceFrench naturalist

Terri Irwin
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author, widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin

Tom Brown. Jr.
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author of numerous autobiographical books.

John Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist.

Carl Hagenbeck
Germany
GermanyCreator of zoos and animal circuses

Jean-Henri Fabre
France
FranceFrench entomologist, writer

Luther Burbank
USA
USAAmerican breeder

Hans Sloane
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician and naturalist.

Pieter Boddaert
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch physician and naturalist

Remigiusz Ladowski
Poland
PolandPolish naturalist

Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
France
FranceAbbot from the French province of Rouergue, naturalist

Alberto Angela
Italy
ItalyItalian paleontologist, naturalist, popularizer of science, writer, TV presenter.

Soren Abildgaard
Denmark
DenmarkDanish naturalist, writer and illustrator

George Beals Schaller
USA
USAAmerican ethologist and writer

Vasiliy Dokuchaev
Russia
RussiaAn outstanding natural scientist. Dokuchaev's ideas influenced the development of physical geography, forestry, land reclamation and other sciences.

Loren Eiseley
USA
USAOne of America's most celebrated contemporary essayists

John Berkenhout
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist and writer.

Clarke Abel
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician, naturalist, botanist and zoologist, researcher of the flora and fauna of China, India, Indonesia

Lazaro Spallanzani
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist and physicist

Wilhelm Peters
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, zoologist, anatomist and discoverer.

James Hector
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist, naturalist, physician.

John Burroughs
USA
USAAmerican writer, artist, naturalist and philosopher.

Stanislav Undzill
Lithuania
LithuaniaScientist, naturalist and teacher

Antoni van Levenguk
Netherlands
NetherlandsNaturalist

Thomas Huxley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish zoologist and educator

Rob Bredl
Australia
AustraliaFamous naturalist

Marcus Elieser Bloch
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist, ichthyologist.

Iosif Laurenti
Austria
AustriaAustrian naturalist of Italian origin.

Antonio Vallisneri
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist

Ernest Thompson Seton
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer, naturalist, animal artist

Hugh Cuming
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, malacologist

Engelbert Kampfer
Germany
GermanyGerman traveler and naturalist

Johann Julius Walbaum
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss naturalist and teacher, follower of J. Cuvier

George Brettingham Sowerby I
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist

Thomas Campbell Eyton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist

Peter Artedi
Sweden
SwedenThe famous Swedish naturalist

Karl Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist.

George Gibbs
USA
USAAmerican ethnologist, naturalist and geologist

Philip Henry Gosse
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish naturalist, inventor of the aquarium

Maximilian Wied-Neuwied
Germany
GermanyFamous traveler and naturalist

George Brettingham Sowerby II
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist