Pete Oxford is a British biologist and internationally recognized nature photographer who has lived in Ecuador since 1985. His work has appeared in major wildlife and geographic publications around the world. Working for many years with his wife and creative partner, Reneé Bish, he has produced books and visual stories focused on wildlife, wild places and the relationship between people and nature. A founding fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he now leads wildlife journeys through Pete Oxford Expeditions.

In Galapagos: Both Sides of the Coin, Pete’s images move between iconic species and quiet behavioral moments. They invite closeness while reminding the viewer that the animals’ apparent fearlessness is both a wonder and a vulnerability.

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Graham Watkins is a British conservation biologist whose career has centered on tropical South America, particularly Ecuador and Guyana. His work spans ecological research, collaborative wildlife and fisheries management, conservation institutions, sustainable enterprise and public policy. He led the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos and the Iwokrama International Centre in Guyana, spent more than a decade at the Inter-American Development Bank—latterly as Chief of its Climate Change Division—and now directs Watkins Advisory, which advises governments and development banks on climate and development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Graham first completed the Galapagos naturalist-guide course with Pete in 1987. His text connects the islands’ ecological history to the human decisions, markets and institutions that have shaped them.