I am an evolutionary biologist with one foot in wildlife biology and the other in paleontology. Most of my previous field research and my MSc was in the former, whereas my PhD work at the University of Chicago focuses on the latter. I have worked as an avian behavioral ecologist in various settings, specifically dealing with threatened and/or endangered species in the grasslands of the Midwest, the jungles of Hawai’i, mountains of the Pacific Northwest, the deserts of the Mojave, the coasts of Washington, and the forests of West Virginia. Additionally, I have conducted paleontological research and assisted in digs both in the United States and internationally. I have spent most of my life digging up, researching, and photographing life both past and present in order increase our understanding of the natural world. My future research goals are focused on mainly extinct taxa, comparative ecomorphology and ethology. In the overarching context of time, I hope that my work might change the values of our species to better appreciate the natural world and our place within it.

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I also work with multiple publications supplying both articles and photographs. Some of these publications include Birdwatching Magazine, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Living Bird Magazine, American Bird Conservancy, and Hawaii Magazine. My articles focus on some of the research that I have been able to do over the years. I have also been featured on the “Bird Photographer of the Year” shortlist. With my photographs, I hope to be able to bring about an awareness and appreciation for the wonders that fill the trees, grasslands, jungles, deserts, and oceans. To visit my online photography portfolio, visit alexanderclarkphoto.com