Speaker Series: Dr. John Abbott and Kendra Abbott

Please join the Land Trust of North Alabama and Abbott Nature for a Speaker Series talk about “The Secret Lives of Dragonflies” at the Downtown Huntsville Public Library auditorium on Saturday, April 11th, at 3:00 p.m.  This event is free and open to the public.

The Abbotts are the authors of Insects of North America. If you would like to purchase the book for delivery at the event, you can do so from the following link, from local bookstore, Snail Books:   https://snailonthewall.com/land-trust                                                                                                                                                                          

Dr. John Abbott and Kendra Abbott are professional nature photographers, educators, and outdoor enthusiasts based in Bessemer, Alabama and are at The University of Alabama. John is Chief Curator and Director of Research and Collections for the UA Museums and Kendra is a Researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences. John has focused on dragonflies and damselflies for much of his career and is the author of three books on these beautiful subjects.

Kendra is an ecologist and focuses on endangered species and conservation issues. Together, they have authored Insects of Texas, and, most recently, Insects of North America, published by Princeton University Press. All their books feature their nature photography.

John and Kendra travel extensively and enjoy taking photos of everything in nature, in Latin America, Africa, and other parts of the globe. They teach photography workshops worldwide and have worked with major production companies like Disney, National Geographic and Netflix on nature documentaries such as A Real Bugs Life, Life on our Planet and Nightmares of Nature. They feel lucky to teach and pass on their excitement about the amazing biodiversity of our world through travel, photography, workshops, and doing nature outreach events and other programs for adults and children.

You can learn more about their work and see their photography at: https://www.abbottnature.com/