Explorer and Naturalist Forrest Galante is Our Planet's Champion!
At 14, Galante was the youngest person ever to lead a multi-national canoe safari down the Zambezi River. And this is just one of the many examples of Galante's early adventures. Galante is an impassioned person who is driven to educate people about nature and help people save our most valuable resource-our planet. His expertise with wildlife and his scientific background are assets to biological groups around the world as he typically partners with local groups exploring remote regions. As a conservation expert, he strives to leave a positive, biological impact in every place he visits, whether searching for whale sharks in Australia or big cats in South America.
Forrest Galante has caught anacondas, swam with several species of sharks, photographed venomous reptiles, outsmarted a charging water buffalo, dodged a cyclone and had countless other adventures. He began his career in high-risk wildlife biology fieldwork, which focuses on animals staring down extinction. His hands-on approach to wildlife, passion for nature and extraordinary background eventually led to the development of his own Animal Planet television program, 'Extinct or Alive.' The show shadows Forrest as he travels the world looking for creatures he believes have inaccurately been deemed extinct.
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