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News & Events
- Beautiful photographs taken and signed by Mark are now available to buy. Printed on the finest quality art paper, they would make a perfect Christmas gift. Click here...
- Mark's book - Last Chance to See: In the footsteps of Douglas Adams - to accompany the BBC2 series, Last Chance to See, is available now (published by HarperCollins, £20). Click here if you would like a copy signed by Mark.
- As Chairman of the judges, Mark hosted the awards ceremony for Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum. Click here to see the winning images.
- There are still places on our February and April 2011 trips with Mark to Baja California, Mexico, the best whale-watching destination on Earth - but they are filling up fast!.
- Mark has begun filming his next BBC2 series - Museum of Life - as one of a team of presenters. Due to be broadcast in spring 2010, it reveals life behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum and various research expeditions. Mark's first shoot involved going in a submersible to film bone-eating snot-flower worms at the bottom of a fjord in Sweden.
- Join Mark on a trip of a lifetime to the astonishingly wildlife-rich Pantanal, Brazil, in September 2010 at the Festival of Wildlife. Click here for information on how to book.
- Mark recently returned from photographing whales from the air in Iceland. This is his contribution to Wild Wonders of Europe, which is an unprecedented collaboration of top wildlife photographers to document Europe's natural treasures.
- Endangered stars from Last Chance to See now feature on ARKive.
- Mark has been nominated by the Atlantic Whale Foundation for Earth Ambassador status. Atlantic Whale Foundation (AWF) volunteers have forwarded him as someone who has inspired them 'to take action and make a difference to our world, and is willing to stand up for what he believes, encouraging others to do the same'.
- And finally ... a clip from Last Chance to See featuring Mark, Stephen Fry and a large flightless parrot from New Zealand, has been the most viewed video on the BBC website and has had more than 3 million hits on YouTube. Sirocco the kakapo has also cracked the United States, appearing on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show, 'Moment of Geek'. Click here...
© Mark Carwardine 2010