Our Planet's Top Explorer!

At the young age of 14, Galante was the youngest person ever to lead an international canoe safari down the Zambezi River. This is just one of many examples of his early adventures. Galante is an impassioned individual who is driven to inform people about nature and help people save our most valuable resource-our planet. His expertise with wildlife paired with his scientific background are assets to biological groups world-wide as he typically seeks to partner with local groups exploring remote regions. As a conservation expert, he aims to leave a positive, biological impact in every place he visits, whether searching for whale sharks in Australia or big cats in South America.

Galante was a participant on Discovery Channel's program 'Naked and Afraid' in the winter of 2013, where he spent 21 amazing days in the jungles of Panama. The cast began to follow his lead as Galante's skills became apparent. This was the public's introduction to the adventurist Forrest Galante. He now hosts Animal Planet's top program 'Extinct or Alive,' where he utilizes his unique skill-set searching for evidence that animals once deemed extinct may still be in the wild. Galante considers this the most detrimental television work he has ever done, because it partners education with conservation and exploration with nature. It's his undeniable dedication to the natural parts of the planet we live on that attracts us to this impressive man.

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