National Geographic Storytelling Fellow
Ronan Donovan Biography
A field biologist turned photographer, Ronan Donovan has traveled to all seven continents in search of elusive wildlife. His first trip to East Africa was in 2008, and he has spent time there nearly every year since. In 2011, he studied wild chimpanzees for a year in Uganda for Harvard University. Donovan's passion for conserving wild animals and wild places was ignited during his years as a field biologist, inspiring him to use visual storytelling as a way to reach a greater audience. His photographic journeys for National Geographic magazine include an entire year living inside Yellowstone National Park documenting the life of wild wolves, covering the human-wildlife conflict between wild chimpanzees and humans in Africa, the legacy of the mountain gorillas Dian Fossey gave her life to save, and more recently, a story about a family of arctic wolves in the high Arctic on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Donovan’s photographs have hung on the walls of the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington. He has lived in Montana for the past 10 years where he loves to explore the Rocky Mountains around his home in Bozeman.
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Ronan Donovan Speaking Topics
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Social by Nature
What can we learn about being more balanced humans through the lives of our fellow social mammals (chimpanzees, mountain gorillas, and wolves)? Can wolves teach us how to be better members of our families and communities? How similar are we to wild chimpanzees?
The short answer is yes, they can.
Ronan Donovan has been studying and observing these wild families for 15 years, and we share more commonalities that we can learn from. There is great wisdom in the lives of these wild families; we just have to listen.
He has lived with wolves in the High Arctic for months at a time, studied a wild family of chimpanzees for a year in Uganda, and hiked up the side of equatorial volcanoes to observe mountain gorillas.
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The Human-Wolf Connection
A look at the complex relationship between humans and wolves through the wolf experience in two regions of North America
• Yellowstone National Park and the Canadian High Arctic. For the vast majority of human history, we lived alongside the wolf as a fellow hunter. Later, we welcomed them into our homes, and they became part of our families. Wolves are neither good nor bad
• value is a human construct
• and mirrors how modern humans treat the natural world.
Ronan Donovan Videos
Ronan Donavan - Natural History of Museum of Los Angeles County
Go Behind the Lens with NATGEO's Ronan Donavan
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Ronan Donovan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Social by Nature, The Human-Wolf Connection, Wild Leadership, Shaping the Wild Child and The Hidden Lives of Wolves. The estimated speaking fee range to book Ronan Donovan for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Ronan Donovan generally travels from Bozeman, MT, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Rick Ridgeway, Tommy Caldwell, Jim Davidson, Robert Ballard and Cristina Zenato. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Ronan Donovan for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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