life. He’s usually traveling from continent to continent. But when Jeff is at home, he’s at his house—a hundred-year-old farm-house set on a twenty-two-acre island. The island sits a mile off the coast of Boston’s south shore and is shared by twelve other families. But only five families, including Jeff’s, live there year-round. It can be reached only by water or on foot after the tide has gone out. It contains woods, marshland, and a fruitful animal habitat—all of Jeff’s favorite things.
Jeff shares his home with his wife, Natasha, and daughters, Maya and Marina. When Jeff thinks about his home and family, he says, “If there is a heaven, I hope it will be something like this.” And the only pets the Corwins have are two cats. “I don’t have any exot ics living around me. My personal philosophy, after a lifetime of working and living with animals, is that exotic, nontraditional animals should only be kept for acceptable purposes, such as wildlife rehabilitation, outreach education, and conservation programs. But I do love animals, and I love being around them,” he says.
Jeff’s parents still live in the house in Norwell where Jeff was raised, which is one of the reasons he still lives in the area. He also just can’t imagine living anywhere else! Jeff says, “I have always loved the seasons, culture, architecture, sense of community, food, coastline, and history of New England.”
Jeff admits that when he was younger, he was very driven, and didn’t stop to enjoy his success as much as he should have. “But now I don’t feel the pressure to plow on through and not smell the roses,” he says. And smell the roses he does!
When Jeff is home, he enjoys many hobbies, like hunting for beach glass and foraging for mushrooms with his daughter Maya. Jeff also likes to go antiquing with Natasha, fish, and practice photography.
Jeff also loves cooking for his friends and family when he has the time. He tries to cook and eat locally grown foods, like the blueberries, apples, and raspberries he grows on his own property and the lobsters, clams, and mussels he catches from the waters around his house. He says that people should know where their food comes from and how far it had to travel in order to get to our tables. It’s one small way that we can save Earth’s resources.
When Jeff is home, he also spends time with friends, hanging out on the beach by a fire or enjoying a meal together. Jeff and Natasha’s friends are teachers, artists, businesspeople, and more. Some of Jeff’s friends are people he has known since he was a kid in Norwell, and others are people he’s met more recently.
One of Jeff’s great passions in life, aside from animals and family, is running. He runs about forty miles a week. But he never, ever runs to music. In a Runner’s World article, Jeff explained, “The last time I listened to music, I almost got hit by an airplane. I was jogging on a jungle runway in the middle of Belize and I kept feeling this weird wind every ten minutes that would blow by me.” It turns out that “wind” was actually a plane trying to land! But the music in Jeff’s ears was so loud, he could not hear the plane or the local villagers telling him to move! Needless to say, Jeff survived. But the plane’s pilot was very upset with him!
So what does the future hold for everyone’s favorite animal enthusiast? Jeff wants to continue to grow in his career, whether that’s through books, different types of shows, or different types of audiences. At the end of his life, Jeff would like to be remembered as a naturalist and not just as an entertainer. He, of course, enjoys the entertainment element of his shows. But he feels that teaching people about endangered species and the environment is more important.
Though Jeff has no immediate plans to stop doing television shows, he envisions a calmer life for himself in the future. Jeff once said, “I see myself as a quirky science professor at a New
Jeff shares his home with his wife, Natasha, and daughters, Maya and Marina. When Jeff thinks about his home and family, he says, “If there is a heaven, I hope it will be something like this.” And the only pets the Corwins have are two cats. “I don’t have any exot ics living around me. My personal philosophy, after a lifetime of working and living with animals, is that exotic, nontraditional animals should only be kept for acceptable purposes, such as wildlife rehabilitation, outreach education, and conservation programs. But I do love animals, and I love being around them,” he says.
Jeff’s parents still live in the house in Norwell where Jeff was raised, which is one of the reasons he still lives in the area. He also just can’t imagine living anywhere else! Jeff says, “I have always loved the seasons, culture, architecture, sense of community, food, coastline, and history of New England.”
Jeff admits that when he was younger, he was very driven, and didn’t stop to enjoy his success as much as he should have. “But now I don’t feel the pressure to plow on through and not smell the roses,” he says. And smell the roses he does!
When Jeff is home, he enjoys many hobbies, like hunting for beach glass and foraging for mushrooms with his daughter Maya. Jeff also likes to go antiquing with Natasha, fish, and practice photography.
Jeff also loves cooking for his friends and family when he has the time. He tries to cook and eat locally grown foods, like the blueberries, apples, and raspberries he grows on his own property and the lobsters, clams, and mussels he catches from the waters around his house. He says that people should know where their food comes from and how far it had to travel in order to get to our tables. It’s one small way that we can save Earth’s resources.
When Jeff is home, he also spends time with friends, hanging out on the beach by a fire or enjoying a meal together. Jeff and Natasha’s friends are teachers, artists, businesspeople, and more. Some of Jeff’s friends are people he has known since he was a kid in Norwell, and others are people he’s met more recently.
One of Jeff’s great passions in life, aside from animals and family, is running. He runs about forty miles a week. But he never, ever runs to music. In a Runner’s World article, Jeff explained, “The last time I listened to music, I almost got hit by an airplane. I was jogging on a jungle runway in the middle of Belize and I kept feeling this weird wind every ten minutes that would blow by me.” It turns out that “wind” was actually a plane trying to land! But the music in Jeff’s ears was so loud, he could not hear the plane or the local villagers telling him to move! Needless to say, Jeff survived. But the plane’s pilot was very upset with him!
So what does the future hold for everyone’s favorite animal enthusiast? Jeff wants to continue to grow in his career, whether that’s through books, different types of shows, or different types of audiences. At the end of his life, Jeff would like to be remembered as a naturalist and not just as an entertainer. He, of course, enjoys the entertainment element of his shows. But he feels that teaching people about endangered species and the environment is more important.
Though Jeff has no immediate plans to stop doing television shows, he envisions a calmer life for himself in the future. Jeff once said, “I see myself as a quirky science professor at a New
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