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Jeffrey Corwin (born July 11, 1967) is an American biologist and wildlife conservationist, known for hosting Disney Channel's Going Wild with Jeff Corwin, The Jeff Corwin Experience on Animal Planet, ABC's Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin/Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin and Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin.

BiographyEdit

Early yearsEdit

Corwin was born on July 11, 1967, in Norwell, Massachusetts, where he attended Norwell High School, then went on to spend his freshman year of college at the Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Later he attended Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater.<ref name=animal>[http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/bio/bio_01.html Animal Planet website: Corwin has Bachelor of Science degrees in biology and anthropology</ref> He conducted his graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, obtaining a Master of Science in wildlife and fisheries conservation and doing work on bats and snakes. In 1999, Bridgewater awarded Corwin an honorary doctorate in public education. Corwin was also certified as an Advanced Field Medical Specialist by the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

ConservationEdit

Corwin first experienced the tropical rain forests in 1984 in Belize. As an undergraduate, he became active in the conservation of rain forests in Central and South America. He also participated in the youth action committee for the United Nations Environmental Program.

In 1993, Corwin addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding the need to conserve neotropical rain forests. Corwin lectures on wildlife, gold mining, ecology, and conservation to audiences throughout the United States.

TelevisionEdit

In 1994, Corwin served as expedition naturalist for the documentary series titled The JASON Project, led by oceanographer Bob Ballard and sponsored in part by National Geographic.<ref name=animal/> From 1997 to 1999 Corwin hosted a show for the Disney Channel titled Going Wild with Jeff Corwin.<ref>Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (1997–1999). IMDB</ref> From 2001 to 2005 Corwin partnered with Animal Planet and Discovery Communications, serving as host and executive producer of two series, The Jeff Corwin Experience from 2000 until 2003 and Corwin's Quest that ran for a single season in 2005 and 2006.<ref name=animal/>

In 2003, Corwin appeared in an episode of the crime drama CSI: Miami.<ref name=animal/> In the episode, he played himself, portrayed as a former classmate of Eric Delko, played by Adam Rodriguez. Titled "Death Grip", Corwin helped detectives retrieve a human foot from inside a live crocodile. In 2003 Corwin hosted a television documentary for Animal Planet titled Giant Monsters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the spring of 2007, Corwin began a new TV show on the Travel Channel titled Into Alaska with Jeff Corwin. Also, in 2007, Corwin was sponsored by CNN to be an environment correspondent for an Anderson Cooper 360 special called Planet in Peril, along with co-host Sanjay Gupta.

In 2009, Corwin partnered with Defenders of Wildlife to host the documentary series Feeling the Heat. In 2009 Corwin also hosted a television special for MSNBC with the same title of his book Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats.<ref>[1]. Scientific American Blogs</ref> Corwin has been on expeditions to six of the seven continents—all except Antarctica.<ref>[2]. Washington Post</ref>

In 2011, during the tsunami in Japan, Corwin was used as a geologist on MSNBC to help explain the tsunami. The same year, he voiced an alligator expert in an episode of The Hub's Pound Puppies.<ref>Pound Puppies (2010). IMDB</ref> In 2012, Corwin starred in a Claritin commercial as himself.Template:Citation needed

From 2011 to 2016, Corwin hosted and was an executive producer on the ABC Weekend Adventure wildlife adventure series Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin.<ref>[3]. IMDB</ref> The series won Outstanding Travel Program in the 41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2014, and Corwin won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Travel/Children's Series Host in 2016.

In October 2016, ABC began showing the global cruising series, Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin, which involves ecology. Five years later, he launched his current series Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin. It is presented by Defenders of Wildlife.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Close encounter with elephantEdit

In filming a segment of CNN's Planet in Peril with Anderson Cooper at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 22, 2007, Corwin was the victim of a playful elephant. This rough-play consisted of the elephant putting Corwin's elbow in its mouth and wrapping its trunk around his arm, and swinging him around. He yelled as the elephant shook its head, releasing and throwing Corwin into the shallow water in which they were standing. Corwin noted that the pain was so overwhelming that he nearly blacked out, and that his arm still does not work correctly. Corwin later posted the following summary of injuries that resulted:

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Personal lifeEdit

Corwin lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts, with his wife Natasha and their two daughters: Maya Rose (b. July 6, 2003) and Marina (b. September 11, 2008).<ref name=animal/>

He is of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry on his father's side.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

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  • Expedition Chesapeake: Whitaker Center Productions 2019.
  • Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin: ABC 2021–present

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