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David Mizejewski is a naturalist, author, blogger and national media personality with National Wildlife Federation. He interprets the natural world and teaches Americans about wildlife, how to help it, and how to connect with nature. David hosted and co-produced the Animal Planet TV series Backyard Habitat and regularly appears on The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show, Conan and many others. He is author of the award-winning book Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife and writes the blog Animal Oddities.
NWF, Wendy Williams and Baby Animals
If you’re a fan of Wendy Williams’ syndicated talk show, or saw her on Dancing With the Stars, you know that she’s a larger-than-life personality. As a regular guest on The Wendy Williams Show, and the first to bring on… Read more >
Wildlife Gardening on Today Show
Garden for Wildlife Month kicks off on May 1st so I themed my most recent appearance on the Today Show around “backyard wildlife,” native plants, and simple tips on how to make your garden a place for the local critters… Read more >
NWF Featured in “Best of Martha Stewart”
As National Wildlife Federation’s naturalist and media personality, I’ve been appearing on Martha Stewart’s daily talk show since 2005 to get her many viewers excited about protecting wildlife and joining NWF. I’ve done appearances promoting everything from NWF’s Certified Wildlife Habitat… Read more >
Hoda Holds a Scorpion
Here’s a clip of NWF’s most recent appearance on the Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb to promote National Wildlife Week. Of the two hosts, Hoda is a the more skittish when it comes to the animals… Read more >
Bobcats, Armadillos, Coatimundis and Kathie Lee
What do a bobcat, a nine-banded armadillo, a veiled chameleon, a wallaby and a white-nosed coatimundi have in common? Three of them happen to be wildlife that could show up in your backyard, but the correct answer is that they… Read more >
NWF Celebrates 75th Anniversary on Today Show
Here’s the clip of my final appearance on the Today Show in 2011 with Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie. With winter newly upon us I included a few animals that are specially adapted to cold, snowy environments, and took the… Read more >
Wild Thanksgiving on Today Show
Here’s the clip of National Wildlife Federation’s Today Show segment in celebration of Thanksgiving. In keeping with the theme, I of course brought on a wild turkey. I wanted to show viewers the wild version of the domestic bird that… Read more >
Martha Stewart Loves Wildlife
Martha Stewart loves wildlife and she’s showing it by dedicating an entire episode of her show to some of cutest, funniest and surprising animals that share this planet with us. I will be appearing on this first-ever “all animals” episode… Read more >
Wendy Williams says “How You Doin’?” to a Giant Toad
One of the coolest parts of my job as National Wildlife Federation Naturalist and Media Personality is getting to do TV appearances with live animals to get people excited about the wonderful species that share this planet with us and… Read more >
Seth Rogen Isn’t an Animal Guy
I had the good fortune to meet actor Seth Rogen when he guest-hosted the fourth hour of the Today Show last week with Hoda Kotb while Kathie Lee Gifford was taking a few days off. Seth was there promoting his… Read more >
