”We need to become more passionate as a species not only for each other but for all of the living creatures with whom we share this rare planet.”

Throughout her life, Margo McKnight has immersed herself in the wild world. Growing up near the complex marine habitats and vast Everglades of south Florida, her passion for wild places inspired her from childhood to draw, paint and sculpt this world. In college she slipped seamlessly back and forth between fine arts and natural sciences. Studying zoology in the field taught her to observe intimate details of birds, tortoises and marine life. She subsequently combined both her passions in a zoo and aquarium career where she became acquainted with more exotic species from around the world.

Her intrigue with wildlife and wilderness has taken her to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, the Caribbean and a favorite wild place, the continent of Africa. As she traveled the world, her passion to save quickly disappearing wild places became an urgent goal. Preserving this threatened world became her vocation and she moved deeper into wilderness advocacy as director of Wildlands Network. Inspiring others with her art is as important to her soul as is her work in the field, in the office and in her lectures. Conserving the wild world also conserves humanity and all that makes us human.