Hi there! My name is Jack Devlin, and I am a 27-year-old wildlife photographer now working in Nepal. I take pictures of rare, endangered animals to try and show people how important it is to protect the environment.
I grew up in the mountains of California, where I enjoyed swimming, camping, and hiking. I then went to Yale University for college, where I studied Environmental Engineering (basically, how humans impact the planet, and how we can reduce our impact) and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (how animals interact with the world and each other). After graduating from college I moved to Nigeria, where I lived and worked in Gashaka Gumti National Park for four years. Gashaka Gumti is one of the most beautiful places in Africa and has chimpanzees, leopards, and (my personal favorite) pangolins – small ant-eating animals that are covered in scales, and kind of look like an armadillo. There, I worked for an organization that wanted to protect the park and make sure local people benefit from it. One of my main jobs there was taking photos so that more people could learn about the park. In recent years, I have also spent time in Honduras taking photos of endangered snakes called Jade Palm Pit Vipers, which were recently featured in National Geographic Magazine!
I just moved to Kathmandu, Nepal, where I am completing a U.S. Fulbright Research Grant to document the country's plants and wildlife (including more pangolins). I am going to be traveling all over the country to take photos of orchids, rhinos, tigers, and hopefully all other kinds of wildlife. I am so excited to share my journey with you, and to help you learn more about the incredible nature of Nepal!
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