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| Born | Jeffrey Corwin (1967-07-11)July 11, 1967 (age 58) Norwell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Bridgewater State University (BS) University of Massachusetts Amherst (MS) |
| Occupation(s) | Conservationist,biologist,executive producer |
| Spouse | Natasha Soultanova-Corwin |
| Children | 2 |
Jeffrey Corwin (born July 11, 1967) is an Americanbiologist andwildlifeconservationist, known for hostingDisney Channel'sGoing Wild with Jeff Corwin,The Jeff Corwin Experience onAnimal Planet,ABC'sOcean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin/Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin andWildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin.
Corwin was born on July 11, 1967, inNorwell, Massachusetts, where he attendedNorwell High School, then went on to spend his freshman year of college at theEastern Nazarene College, inQuincy, Massachusetts. Later he attendedBridgewater State University inBridgewater.[1] He conducted his graduate studies at theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, obtaining aMaster of Science inwildlife andfisheriesconservation and doing work onbats andsnakes. In 1999, Bridgewater awarded Corwin an honorarydoctorate in public education.Corwin was also certified as an Advanced Field Medical Specialist by theUnited States Army Medical Department Center and School,Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Corwin first experienced the tropical rain forests in 1984 in Belize. As an undergraduate, he became active in the conservation of rain forests inCentral andSouth America. He also participated in the youth action committee for theUnited 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.
In 1994, Corwin served as expedition naturalist for the documentary series titled TheJASON Project, led by oceanographerBob Ballard and sponsored in part byNational Geographic.[1] From 1997 to 1999 Corwin hosted a show forthe Disney Channel titledGoing Wild with Jeff Corwin.[2] 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 andCorwin's Quest that ran for a single season in 2005 and 2006.[1]
In 2003, Corwin appeared in an episode of the crime dramaCSI: Miami.[1] In the episode, he played himself, portrayed as a former classmate ofEric Delko, played byAdam Rodriguez. Titled "Death Grip", Corwin helped detectives retrieve a human foot from inside a livecrocodile. In 2003 Corwin hosted a television documentary forAnimal Planet titledGiant Monsters.[3]
In the spring of 2007, Corwin began a new TV show on theTravel Channel titledInto Alaska with Jeff Corwin. Also, in 2007, Corwin was sponsored by CNN to be an environment correspondent for anAnderson Cooper 360 special calledPlanet in Peril, along with co-hostSanjay Gupta.
In 2009, Corwin partnered with Defenders of Wildlife to host the documentary seriesFeeling the Heat. In 2009 Corwin also hosted a television special forMSNBC with the same title of his bookFuture Earth: 100 Heartbeats.[4] Corwin has been on expeditions to six of the seven continents—all except Antarctica.[5]
In 2011, during thetsunami 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 ofThe Hub'sPound Puppies.[6]In 2012, Corwin starred in aClaritin commercial as himself.[citation needed]
From 2011 to 2016, Corwin hosted and was an executive producer on theABCWeekend Adventure wildlife adventure seriesOcean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin.[7] The series won Outstanding Travel Program in the41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2014, and Corwin won a Daytime Emmy Award forOutstanding 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 seriesWildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin. It is presented byDefenders of Wildlife.[8]
In filming a segment ofCNN'sPlanet in Peril withAnderson Cooper at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center nearPhnom 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:
To this day my arm doesn't work right. We tend to look at elephants as these very kind gentle giants, like Dumbo and Jumbo from the cartoons. But the truth is, elephants are complex mammals with a huge array of emotions, from happiness to anger to jealousy, and when I turned away, this was his way of telling me he didn't want to be ignored. The trunk of an elephant can lift a 900-pound tree limb. You do not want to be that close to one when he's having a bad moment.
Truth is that elephants are easily 15,000 times stronger than my meager self, and if she had wanted to, she could have done far worse than crushing a bit of ligament and muscle. Lucky for me, no bone fracture, hopefully no connective tissue torn (we'll have to wait till I get home to find out about that).[9]
Corwin lives inMarshfield, Massachusetts, with his wife Natasha and their two daughters: Maya Rose (b. July 6, 2003) and Marina (b. September 11, 2008).[1]
He is of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry on his father's side.[10]
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