Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named by the Geographic as one of the "Explorers for the Millennium," Davis is an anthropologist and plant explorer who received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany from Harvard University.

Davis spent three years in the Amazon and Andes searching for new medicinal drugs, before heading to Haiti to investigate folk poisons used to create zombies. This investigation is chronicled in his book The Serpent and the Rainbow, an international bestseller. From Haiti, Davis moved to Borneo, where he lived among the Penan, the last nomads of Southeast Asia. His recent travels have taken him to East Africa, the high Arctic, Tibet, the Orinoco of Venezuela, and the deserts of Mali and Burkina Faso.

Just as there is a biological web of life, there is also a cultural and spiritual web of life—what Davis and National Geographic have taken to calling the "ethnosphere"—the sum total of all the thoughts, beliefs, myths, and institutions brought into being by the human imagination. A powerful storyteller, Davis will take you on a visual journey that you will never forget.

Extinction or Survival: The Global Biodiversity Crisis
We are in a race against time to preserve countless species of plants and animals. Davis takes you on a journey across the globe to survey the progress.

The Serpent and the Rainbow
Explore Haitian voodoo secret societies and zombies in this stage adaptation of Davis's book and film.

The Healing Forest
Ethnobotany drives the search for new medicines. Davis takes us deep into the rain forest to search for these healing plants.

Shamanic Healing
Explore ancient traditions of medicine and magic.

Light at the Edge of the World
Take a journey through the realm of vanishing cultures in this stage adaptation of Davis's award-winning book.

In the Realm of the Inca: Sacred Landscapes of the Andes
Davis explores this ancient culture and interprets its sacred homeland Machu Picchu.

One River
Learn about recent exploration and discovery in the Amazon rain forest.

The March of Folly
Davis takes us on a critical examination of the war on drugs and its cultural implications.

"Wade is an inspirational storyteller with poetic words, vast knowledge and striking, unique images. He touches a harmonious chord in all of us-whether it is love of nature, desire to explore the world, understanding the need for preservation of indigenous people and their culture, or the call to push ourselves to make a difference in our communities. We need more visionaries like Wade encouraging us to be passionate about leading a meaningful and fulfilling life."

– Mona Abadir, COO Honu Group, Chairperson, Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts