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Jeff Corwin
Jeff Corwin has worked for the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems around the globe. He is the host of a variety of popular television shows, including Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin Experience, Corwin's Quest, Giant Monsters, Spring Watch, and King of the Jungle; Disney's Going Wild with Jeff Corwin; Investigation Earth with the Discovery Networks; NBC's Jeff Corwin Unleashed, which was nominated four times for an Emmy and won an Emmy for Outstanding Host; and the Travel Channel's Into Alaska and Into the American West.
His popular television series are seen in 120 countries worldwide. He also co-created and co-hosted CNN's Planet in Peril with Anderson Cooper in 2007. On November 20th 2008, Animal Planet premiered The Vanishing Frog. This powerful documentary highlights Jeff’s year long, global odyssey exploring the mass extinction of our planet’s important amphibian species. Men's Journal recognized Jeff as the world's greatest host of a natural history series. Jeff's book, Living on the Edge, Amazing Relationships in the Natural World is now its 5th edition.
At present, Jeff is working on his next book, 100 Heartbeats. Both a Rodale book and an NBC documentary, the mission of 100 Heartbeats is to investigate the plight of our planet's most endangered wildlife species along with the conservation heroes trying to save them. The publication and documentary will premier in November 2009. Through Puffin Books, Jeff is also publishing a series of books for younger readers focusing on wildlife, ecology and conservation.
Jeff’s wildlife and conservation work has been regularly featured on a variety of television series including Larry King, CNN, FOX, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Morning Show, Ellen Degeneres, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brian, Regis and Kelly and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Beyond wildlife and conservation, Jeff is a passionate explorer of human culture especially as it connects to regional cuisine that is produced in a sustainable manner. His interests in renewable and sustainable living, along with how food is often the glue that cements together a community and culture, recently premiered in a Food Network special called Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin, which is now going to series for Food networks' primetime slot in the fall of 2009.
A native of Massachusetts, Jeff has established an interactive museum and environmental education center called the EcoZone. Based in Norwell, Massachusetts, the goal of the EcoZone is to build awareness for the wildlife and ecology unique to the wetlands of southeastern Massachusetts.
In 2008 Jeff was named Ambassador for Global Warming and Climate Change on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife. He has a B.S. in Biology and Anthropology from Bridgewater State College, a M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and an honorary doctorate in Public Education from Bridgewater State College. When not traveling the world, Jeff can be found at his home off the coast of Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife, Natasha, and two daughters, Maya Rose and Marina Faye.
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