Rae Wynn-Grant

DR. RAE WYNN-GRANT is a large carnivore ecologist with an expertise in using statistical modeling to investigate how humans influence wildlife behavior and ecology. Her current field system encompasses the central coast of California, where she is studying the unique ecology of carnivores in coastal zones as well as the role of protected areas in connectivity of high-quality habitat for large carnivores - especially black bears, mountain lions and other wildlife at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, a protected biodiversity hotspot on the California coast, home to 50 endangered and rare animal species and an important cultural heritage site for the Chumash people. Her previous research questions surrounded the ecological drivers of human-carnivore conflict with grizzly bears in the Northern Great Plains, black bears in the Western Great Basin, African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania, as well as grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Rae co-hosts NBC’s newest original series, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild.