At 14, Galante was the youngest person in history to head a multi-national canoe safari down the Zambezi River. And this is just one of many examples of his early adventures. Galante is an impassioned individual who is driven to inform people about nature and help people save our most valuable resource-our planet. His hands-on approach with wildlife and his scientific background are assets to biological groups around the world as he usually partners with local groups exploring remote regions. As a conservationist, Forrest attempts to leave a positive, biological impact in every place he visits, whether searching for fresh-water turtles in Africa or big cats in Thailand.

Over the course of his life, Forrest Galante has caught anacondas, swam with great white sharks, photographed venomous reptiles, outsmarted a startled hippo, dodged a cyclone and had countless other adventures. He pursued a career in high-risk wildlife biology fieldwork, which focuses on animals on the brink of extinction. His hands-on approach with wildlife, passion for nature and one-of-a-kind background eventually led to the development of his own television program, 'Extinct or Alive,' on Animal Planet. The show follows Galante on expedition as he searchers the globe looking for creatures he believes have wrongfully been deemed extinct.