Meet the Pack: Summer 2026 Contributors

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

By Laura Tangley and Jennifer Wehunt
NWF News
Jun 24, 2026

Clockwise from top left: Angel Fitor (photo courtesy of Angel Fitor), David Herasimtschuk (photo by David Herasimtschuk), Diana Kruzman (photo courtesy of Diana Kruzman), Lauren Owens Lambert (photo by David Fox Photography)

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

ANGEL FITOR earned an academic degree in marine science yet has devoted his career to photographing sea life (“Copepods Cover 70% of the Planet. What Are They?”). The award-winning Spanish photographer became fascinated with sea creatures at age 3, when “my grandfather took me to a cove in Alicante, my hometown, and left his diving mask floating so I could see the underwater realm for the first time,” he says. Find him on Instagram.

DAVID HERASIMTSCHUK has been taking pictures of the Colorado River (“Can the Grand Canyon Remain a Native Fish Haven?”) for years and still encounters surprises. “It introduces people to all this life they didn’t know existed,” he says, including “incredible underwater worlds.” The Oregon photographer works for Freshwaters Illustrated and shoots for High Country News and others. Find him on Instagram.

DIANA KRUZMAN learned of the Western Shoshone fight against nuclear energy (“Nuclear Testing Continues in Nevada. Western Shoshone Want It to Stop.”) while writing about a 1980s antinuclear movement in Kazakhstan that promoted solidarity with Nevadans. The Kazakhs believed “the Soviet Union wouldn’t stop nuclear testing until the U.S. did,” she says, noting: “The Kazakhstan site was shut down. Nevada wasn’t.” Read more of her work.

LAUREN OWENS LAMBERT credits her photojournalism career to the fact that she “never grew out of that little-kid wonder of the natural world.” When she learned about old military barracks in Concord, New Hampshire, that had been repurposed into a butterfly hatchery (“The Plight of the Karner Blue Butterfly”), that same curiosity was piqued. See more of her work.