Schaller’s journals and other sources
This is a selection of original field-drawings, notes and communications taken from George Schaller’s journals and personal archive.
In her research for Homesick for a World Unknown, the first biography of George Schaller, Miriam Horn had unique, direct access and interviews with George Schaller. This gallery of images is a selection from the materials Schaller shared. Images are © their respective owners.
George Schaller has devoted his life to understanding and protecting Earth’s most feared and reviled creatures.
Three generations of scientists, many of whom now lead research and conservation across China, India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Iran and Brazil, got their first field experience alongside Schaller.
Schaller worked in 32 countries but dedicated himself above all to the wilds of Asia, rich in biodiversity but least attended to by Western science.
Over six decades, Schaller made the first field studies and championed conservation of the world’s most charismatic mammals. Many survive only thanks to his work.
Miriam Horn has lived her life between two worlds: coastal cities and the remote mountain west; conservation work with the US Forest Service and Environmental Defense Fund, and life as a writer and filmmaker.
Miriam Horn introduces her new book Homesick for a World Unknown and her fascination with field biologist George Schaller.