Effervescing with knowledge and zeal, scientist, explorer, TV presenter and filmmaker Lizzie Daly is known for her adventurous spirit and propensity for pushing the physical boundaries. Lizzie has spent a huge amount of time in extreme environments. In particular she has been on numerous expeditions to the Arctic circle, both with crew and alone. Highlights included filming musk oxen and killer whales, and being able to document the devastating impact of a changing polar environment. Lizzie is an avid rock climber, ultra runner, diver (HSE qualified) and freediver. In 2022. Lizzie completed a 140km solo run in the Finnish Arctic Circle, which saw temperatures of -35 degrees.  In 2019, during #WildOceanWeek Daly travelled the UK to document and share her extraordinary marine encounters. A film of her diving alongside a giant barrel jellyfish in Cornwall went viral. Lizzie recently worked alongside US-based experts and marine research institutions to examine the marine life of North America, for a new Love Nature, Deep Dive North America. This is a spin-off from Deep Dive Australia which aired on Sky in the UK in February 2024. This saw Lizzie circumnavigate across Australia to reveal fascinating insights into the continent’s diverse and charismatic marine life.  2024 also saw the release of Jaguar Journals (Love Nature and Sky) which follows Lizzie deep in the south of the Pantanal to uncover the lives of the Jaguars that live there. As a wildlife expert with a love of marine life she has featured in numerous BBC films on BBC One (The One Show) and BBC Wales speaking about lampreys, sharks, conger eels and more.  

Lizzie was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to conservation, science communication and exploration.  As a dedicated conservationist, Lizzie is committed to caring for our oceans and protecting our wild spaces. She is an ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society, the Jane Goodall Institute UK, the first ever female patron of ORCA, and an ambassador for the Norwich Science Festival. She is one of the co-hosts of new wildlife podcast series ‘That’s Just Wild’ with Steve Backshall and Sarah Roberts.