NGL- Ronan Donovan, Photographer

Biologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan presents powerful photos and field stories about chimpanzees, wolves, gorillas, and bears at the Fred Kavli Theatre, B of A Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks. Come for jaw-dropping wildlife imagery and stay to learn what social mammals can teach us about community, behavior, and conservation.

We are, at our core, social mammals. We build relationships, communicate, reproduce, establish territories, and adapt to shrinking resources. In these ways, we're no different than other social mammals. Chimpanzees, wolves, gorillas, and bears are among the most charismatic of the social mammals we know. We identify with them as species, groups, and even as named individuals. Join biologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan as he talks about his work in documenting these animals and what we, as fellow social mammals, can learn from them.