About Carlos
About Carlos
Carlos J. Navarro is a biochemist specializing in marine biology, a master in environmental management and a freelance wildlife photographer/author. He has participated in numerous research and conservation projects throughout Mexico, from some of the first population studies of the vaquita, an endemic porpoise and the world's most endangered cetacean, to collecting data on marine invertebrates, sea birds, great white sharks and baleen whales or studying jaguars and crocodiles along Mexico´s Caribbean coast. Those projects gave him the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the Gulf of California, the Yucatan Peninsula and beyond. Carlos’ six years of jaguar research provided the basis of ONCA MAYA, a non-profit organization dedicated to jaguar conservation based in Cancun, of which he is a founding member. He loves being underwater, either while free-diving or using SCUBA gear. As a wildlife photographer and author of numerous scientific and popular publications, he also tries to share his deep passion and love of nature with the public. His photographs have been published by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/Spanish and English editions, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, REPTILIA, ESPECIES and many more Mexican and international magazines and books. His first book, "Oleada de Vida," is a photographic essay about the Sea of Cortez, whereas his second, "El Oso Negro en el Noreste de México", explains people about the life history of the poorly known but abundant black bears in Mexico’s northeast and how to live at peace with them. Besides his loved Baja California, he has traveled to the high Arctic of Svalbard, Alaska, Antarctica and the Falklands, South Georgia and Easter islands. Carlos is a firm believer that no photograph is worth risking the integrity, well-being and wildness of any creature.NOTE: all the creatures shown in this web site are completely wild, not captive or released animals.
