Esther Horvath

About

is a fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers, based in New York City. Her projects for 糖心传媒, National Geographic, The New Yorker, and many others have taken her everywhere from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Articles by Esther Horvath

Two people dressed in bright yellow cold-weather gear stand at the edge of a rocky shoreline, holding a large net and watching a crowded colony of penguins gathered along the coast.
Follow Scientists on a Daring Mission to the Danger Islands, a Penguin-Breeding Stronghold
March 27, 2026 — Home to the world鈥檚 largest known Ad茅lie Penguin population, the Antarctic islands recently gained protected-area status. Now researchers say the seas around the archipelago also need protection to safeguard the breeding colony鈥檚 food supply.
Raising Northern Bald Ibis Chicks Requires a Lot of Cuddle Time ... and Spit
September 16, 2016 — Europe鈥檚 most endangered ibises just finished their first migration across the Alps, and they couldn鈥檛 have done it without their 鈥渇oster parents.鈥