Dan O'Neill

Panthera Envoy to Wild Cat Conservation and Culture 

Dan O'Neill is Panthera's Envoy to Wild Cat Conservation and Culture — a field biologist, wildlife presenter and producer-director whose work bridges science and global storytelling in service of wild cat conservation. 
 
Dan specializes in the behavior and ecology of big cats and other large carnivores. For more than a decade, he has worked in some of the world's most remote landscapes, studying jaguars in the forests of Mexico and Guyana, snow leopards in the mountains of Central Asia and tigers in India and Nepal, using remote cameras and drones to understand animals that are rarely seen. He is an Honorary Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Bristol, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. by publication on using emerging technology to study secretive carnivores. 
 
As Panthera's Envoy to Wild Cat Conservation and Culture, Dan connects Panthera's science and field teams with audiences worldwide. An award-nominated television presenter and filmmaker, his credits include "Tiger Island" for BBC One and PBS, "Snow Leopards with Dan O'Neill" for Love Nature and Sky Nature, and "How To Live On Earth," a feature documentary hosted by Benedict Cumberbatch that reached more than 8 million viewers in its first month. He has worked with Grammy-winning musician Imogen Heap to create music from nature, on digital and print fashion campaigns, and in nationally touring live events, bringing new audiences to conservation. In October 2026, Dan launched his YouTube channel "The World is Out There" to bring key nature and wildlife stories to a global audience with no paywall. 
 
Dan is a passionate advocate for inclusive conservation and LGBTQ+ representation in STEM and natural history media, and has twice been named one of Attitude Magazine's 101 Trailblazers in the global LGBTQIA+ community.