[2][3] His biography, A Wild Life, was written by Melissa Harris and published by Aperture.
During Nichols’ time with National Geographic, his stories have covered subjects including old growth Redwoods, the world’s remaining tigers and the emotional relationship of the elephant family.
[7] Later on, he traveled to Central Africa where he met with biologist J. Michael Fay and then went to Gabon where he visited 13 national parks, including the Ndoki forest which was featured in one of the NatGeo articles and in his The Last Place on Earth book.
[4] In November 2015, it was announced that Nichols would be one of around 180 lay-offs from National Geographic in the run-up to the magazine's acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox.
[8] Nichols lives in Sugar Hollow, Virginia with his wife, artist Reba Peck.