A man arranges a display of cacti during preparations for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain May 21, 2016. (Photo by Neil Hall/Reuters)

A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac August 29, 2012. (Photo by David J. Phillip/Associated Press)

A man irrigating a rice paddy field using a traditional method. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Japan, circa 1938

Close up of a couple, with the woman holding the man's knee, underneath a table. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

A man sleeps in a subway train in New York city on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)

Visitors outside the venue for Seoul fashion week in Seoul, South Korea on September 3, 2024. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)

A man walks through floodwater as rain pours in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)

Tim Laman is a field biologist and wildlife photojournalist. His pioneering research in the rain forest canopy in Borneo led to a PhD from Harvard and his first National Geographic article in 1997. Since then, he has pursued his passion for exploring wild places and documenting little-known and endangered wildlife by becoming a regular contributor to National Geographic. He has eighteen articles to his credit to date, all of which have had a conservation message. Some have focused on endangered species such as Orangutans or Hornbills, while others, such as a series of articles on Conservation International’s Biodiversity Hotspots, have highlighted regions under intense pressure.