Explorer and Biologist Forrest Galante is Nature's Champion!

At the young age of 14, Galante was the youngest person ever to head an international canoe safari down the Zambezi River. This is just one of the many examples of Galante's early adventures. Galante is an impassioned person who is driven to enlighten people about nature and help people save our most valuable resource-our planet. His expertise with wildlife along with his scientific background are assets to biological groups around the world as he usually partners with local groups to explore 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 Komodo dragons in Indonesia.

Forrest Galante has caught anacondas, swam with great white sharks, photographed venomous snakes, outsmarted a charging water buffalo, dodged a cyclone and had countless other adventures. His career started out in high-risk wildlife biology fieldwork, which focuses on animals staring down extinction. His approach to wildlife, passion for the outdoors and exceptional background eventually led to the development of his own television show, 'Extinct or Alive,' on Animal Planet. The show shadows Galante on expedition as he searchers the earth searching for species he believes have wrongfully been deemed extinct.

Forrest Galante Shark Week