Naturalist and Wildlife Speakers Like Chris Packham
Naturalist speakers like Chris Packham, from Steve Backshall to Lucy Cooke, for events wanting expert-led wildlife and conservation content.
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Chris Packham is one of PepTalk's most requested wildlife speakers, and the roster carries plenty of naturalists, explorers, and ocean scientists who bring the same science-led, conservation-minded authority to an event.
Why do people love Chris Packham?
Chris Packham's appeal comes from pairing deep scientific credibility with genuine warmth on screen. As one of the UK's leading voices on wildlife and conservation, he's built a broadcasting career on the BBC spanning decades, most recently the new five-part series Evolution. Reviewing it for the Guardian, TV critic Lucy Mangan wrote that with the documentary, "the presenter Chris Packham is effectively crowned the successor to David Attenborough." She praised how he treads the line between assuming nothing and never talking down to his audience, tracing species like elephants, bats, and dolphins back through billions of years of evolutionary history, grounded throughout in fossils, live specimens, and hands-on demonstration.
That combination, rigorous science delivered with visible wonder, is exactly why event organisers book him: audiences get real expertise without sitting through a lecture. It's also the throughline connecting every speaker below. Each one pairs field credibility with the ability to make complex environmental and sustainability topics land with a room.
Wildlife and conservation speakers like Chris Packham
Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall MBE is a two-time BAFTA winner known for the BBC's Deadly 60 franchise and decades of expedition experience in remote ecosystems. He speaks on wildlife conservation, resilience, and leadership under pressure, drawing on first-hand encounters in the field. Emirates and Volvo have both booked him for that same expedition-tested authority.
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Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle is a former United Nations Patron of the Wilderness who has spent decades exploring extreme environments, from Everest to the Atlantic. He speaks on sustainable leadership and resilience, grounding environmental messaging in personal adventure. His broadcasting career gives him strong crossover appeal across corporate and public-facing events.
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Lucy Cooke
Lucy Cooke is an Oxford-educated zoologist, National Geographic explorer, and bestselling author who applies animal behaviour science to leadership and workplace dynamics. She's delivered sessions for J.P. Morgan, Deloitte, and Disney. Her BBC column and books give her strong name recognition with UK audiences.
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Lucy Siegle
Lucy Siegle is a BBC One reporter and co-executive producer of The True Cost, specialising in ethical consumption and corporate environmental responsibility. She brings a sustainability brief with a strong consumer-behaviour and fashion-industry angle, well suited to organisations focused on supply chain and ethical business practice.
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Sir Tim Smit KBE
Sir Tim Smit KBE co-founded the Eden Project and speaks on turning environmental purpose into commercial growth. His sessions cover regenerative thinking and social enterprise, framing sustainability as a core business strategy for leadership audiences. He's a Sunday Times Book of the Year winner and a leading voice on purpose-led growth.
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Dr. Diva Amon
Dr. Diva Amon is a Caribbean marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer specialising in deep-sea conservation and ocean sustainability. Her work has featured on Disney+ and at the United Nations. She brings hard research grounding to conversations about ocean health and biodiversity.
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Cam Whitnall
Cam Whitnall is a wildlife photographer, TV presenter, and Managing Director of The Big Cat Sanctuary, and author of the Sunday Times bestseller Lion Heart. He speaks on turning conservation values into practical action, drawing on his hands-on work protecting big cats.
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Dwayne Fields
Dwayne Fields is an explorer and the UK Chief Scout, having succeeded Bear Grylls in 2024. The first black Briton to walk over 400 miles to the Magnetic North Pole, he's also a Royal Geographical Society Fellow and Channel 5 presenter. He speaks on adventure, environmental advocacy, and youth engagement, drawing on his own journey and his work with the Scout Association.
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Megan McCubbin
Megan McCubbin is a zoologist and BBC presenter who co-presents Springwatch, Autumnwatch, and Winterwatch alongside her stepfather, Chris Packham. Her fieldwork spans Antarctica and Africa, and she speaks on conservation, biodiversity, and climate adaptation.
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How they compare
Every speaker below brings the same science-led authority audiences love in Chris Packham. Where they differ is the angle, and that's what decides who's right for your room.
| Speaker | Core topic | On stage | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Packham | Wildlife, conservation and evolution | Rigorous, warm, broadcast-honed | Audiences who want serious science that never feels like a lecture |
| Steve Backshall | Wildlife, expeditions and leadership under pressure | High-energy, expedition-tested | Events that want field-earned adrenaline behind the conservation message |
| Ben Fogle | Extreme environments and sustainable leadership | Warm, adventurous, broad appeal | Corporate and public events grounding environmental messaging in personal adventure |
| Lucy Cooke | Animal behaviour applied to leadership | Witty, science-led, corporate-savvy | Workplace audiences who like their zoology with a business takeaway |
| Lucy Siegle | Ethical consumption and corporate responsibility | Sharp, consumer-focused, journalistic | Organisations working on supply chains and ethical business practice |
| Sir Tim Smit KBE | Purpose-led growth and regenerative business | Visionary, commercially grounded | Leadership audiences framing sustainability as strategy |
| Dr. Diva Amon | Deep-sea science and ocean conservation | Vivid, research-grounded | Organisations connecting sustainability to ocean health and the blue economy |
| Cam Whitnall | Big cat conservation in practice | Hands-on, passionate, story-rich | Audiences who want conservation values turned into practical action |
| Dwayne Fields | Exploration, environmental advocacy and youth engagement | Grounded, personal, motivating | Teams who want an adventure story that carries an inclusion message |
| Megan McCubbin | Conservation, biodiversity and climate adaptation | Field-fresh, engaging, science-first | Audiences who want Springwatch science straight from the field |
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