Meet the Pack: Fall 2026 Contributors

Get to know some of the talented writers and photographers behind the Fall 2026 issue of National Wildlife magazine

By Laura Tangley and Jennifer Wehunt
NWF News
Sep 23, 2026

Clockwise from top left: Jason Gulley (photo courtesy of Jason Gulley), Raven Jiang (photo courtesy of Raven Jiang), Anton Sorokin (photo by Emma Steigerwald), Brittany Oceguera (photo courtesy of Brittany Oceguera)

We are honored to introduce a handful of the contributors who helped make our Fall 2026 issue of National Wildlife^® magazine an insightful, inspiring read.

JASON GULLEY, a geologist and photographer, was documenting Florida’s freshwater springs in 2019 when he first encountered manatees (“Manatees' Coal Problem”). Belying the animals’ “reputation for being fat and lazy, I saw graceful, curious, athletic creatures. It sent me on a path to learn about, and photograph, all three of the world’s manatee species.” Follow him on Instagram.

RAVEN JIANG, a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, is an active figure in New York’s visual arts scene. Featured in “Noise Pollution Is Disrupting Wildlife,” her work creates “a dynamic rhythm full of musicality through the precise use of points, lines and planes, and the bold contrast of color blocks, constructing a multilayered geometric visual narrative,” she says. Follow her on Instagram.

BRITTANY OCEGUERA graduated from California State University, Bakersfield—where she served as managing editor of the school paper, The Runner, and previously as editor of its Spanish section, “El Veloz”—while reporting “Keeping Kit Foxes on Campus.” “I didn’t know that 90 percent of [the kit fox] habitat was lost to development,” she says. “That was really surprising.”

ANTON SOROKIN, a biologist, photographer and writer, had consulted on a past project involving San Joaquin kit foxes, “but I had never seen one before this assignment,” he says of “Keeping Kit Foxes on Campus.” “I was really heartened by how abundant they were in this urban environment. If they can survive in Bakersfield, it gives me hope for their future.” Follow him on Instagram.