Dr. David Wilcove is a senior ecologist at Environmental Defense in Washington, DC, where he develops science-based strategies to protect endangered species. He is the author of The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America (1999), as well as numerous technical and popular articles in the fields of conservation biology, ornithology, and endangered species protection. He has served on the boards of directors of the Society for Conservation Biology, RARE Center for Tropical Conservation, American Bird Conservancy, and Natural Areas Association, as well as the editorial boards of Conservation Biology, Ecological Applications, and New England Naturalist. In 1990, Dr. Wilcove was one of ten scientists awarded a Pew Scholarship in Conservation and the Environment. Dr. Wilcove previously worked for The Wilderness Society and The Nature Conservancy. He received a Ph.D. in biology from Princeton University and a B.S. from Yale University.