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John Seidensticker
Known for decades of work studying big cats, this conservation scientist has helped shape how people understand and protect tigers in the wild. His books blend field experience, science, and a strong sense of urgency about saving endangered species.
1 Audiobook
Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae
by John N. Mugaas, Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson, John Seidensticker
About the author
A longtime Smithsonian conservation scientist, John Seidensticker led the Conservation Ecology Center at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and has also served as an affiliate professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University. He is especially well known for his work on tiger ecology and conservation.
His career has been closely tied to efforts to protect wild tigers. Conservation organizations and Smithsonian sources describe him as a founding scientist of the Nepal-Smithsonian Tiger Ecology Project, where he used early radio-telemetry to study tigers, and as a longtime leader connected with the Save the Tiger Fund.
As an author and editor, he has written and contributed to books that bring wildlife science to general readers as well as specialists, including works on cats, rabbits, and tiger conservation. His writing stands out for connecting close observation in the field with the bigger questions of habitat loss, coexistence, and how conservation can work in human-dominated landscapes.