Jeff Corwin is an Emmy winning television presenter who has promoted education about conservation of wildlife, resources and ecological systems around the world. He was born in Norwell, Massachusetts, USA. From early childhood he was interested in plants and animals. He attended Norwell High School then the Eastern Nazarene College, before progressing to Bridgewater State University, then the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
He gained two Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Anthropology and a Masters degree in Natural Resources Conservation. Corwin was also certified as an Advanced Field Medical Specialist by the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences.
Some of the many well known programs Corwin has been involved with, as both a host and a producer, include Disney Channel’s ‘Going Wild with Jeff Corwin’, ‘The Jeff Corwin Experience’ on Animal Planet, ‘Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin’, ‘Jeff Corwin Unleashed’ and ‘Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin’ with ABC.
He has acted as expedition naturalist for The Jason Project documentary series partly sponsored by National Geographic. Corwin has also been an actor in an episode of the crime drama CSI Miami playing himself as he helped the detectives extract a human foot from a live crocodile.