The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.

I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

It's the best - combining the mediums of television, documentary, and books, to give you this transmedia experience for kids, for families, and for teachers.

I think the hardest part about my job is the best part of my job - the travel.

I'm really worried about what the world is going to be like when my daughters are young women, [when] they are young leaders or mothers or businesspeople - whatever they're going to be. I'm afraid they're going to have a less healthy and less biologically rich planet.

Today, I’m a conservationist because I believe that my species doesn’t have the right or option to determine the fate of other species, even ones that inspire fear in us.

In my heart, ever since I [was] a little kid, I've been an explorer.