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Jen Guyton

Jen Guyton

www.jenguyton.com

Jen Guyton is a National Geographic Explorer, photographer, and ecologist based in Gorongosa National Park. She is working on her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. You can see more of Guyton’s work at www.jenguyton.com.

April Reese's Latest Articles

Good Medicine

In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, veterinarians provide a crucial helping hand in the recovery of one of the world’s most endangered creatures.

Pangolin
Handle With Care

For one of the most heavily persecuted creatures on the planet, protection sometimes requires a very hands-on approach.

Meerkats (Suricata suricatta)
Herding Meerkats

To understand how and why these highly social animals have evolved such complex systems of cooperation, scientists have resorted to a very simple strategy.

A marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks for its next bite as it stands near a white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on a waterbuck carcass (Kobus ellipsiprymnus).
Vultures of Eden

What was once a popular vacation destination for Hollywood's elite has become a last stronghold for some of Africa's most beleaguered species.