Sarah Roberts

Environmental Journalist, Presenter, Author and Adventurer 

Sarah is a deeply passionate environmental journalist, author, and presenter, who began her career in animal behaviour and now focuses predominantly on human-wildlife conflict.

Film Work

Sarah has recently taken part in a new highly anticipated Netflix reality competition All The Sharks, where four teams of shark experts and enthusiasts travel the globe trying to find the most elusive shark species.

Adding to her extensive work surrounding human-wildlife conflict, Sarah presents a new film, currently in production, surrounding trophy hunting in Africa. Through a journalistic approach, the film will see Sarah explore the complexities of trophy hunting and the blurred lines between right and wrong.

Sarah’s work has taken her from grizzly bear guiding on remote Canadian coastlines to documenting climate change technology in Iceland. She has previously reported on various human-wildlife conflicts, including shark fishing and tiger hunting.

Sarah’s witty, engaging and youthful style allows her to make complex environmental topics more relatable and accessible to new, younger audiences.

Podcast

Along with biologist Lizzie Daly and TV naturalist Steve Backshall, Sarah hosts That’s Just Wild podcast - an adventurous new podcast diving into the untamed and unpredictable world of nature. She also recently hosted a six-part podcast series exploring the future of the British uplands. 

Author

After being bitten by a lemon shark, Sarah turned the experience into her debut children’s book, Somebody Swallowed Stanley. The book received high acclaim after being read to a national audience by Tom Hardy on CBeebies. 

Since, Sarah has written a number of books aimed at connecting young people to climate, wildlife, and sustainability issues. These include Something Crunched Colin; a powerful new story about plastic pollution, and Somebody Woke Wilson; a fascinating introduction to climate change and what we can do to solve it.

Education 

Sarah holds a first-class biological sciences degree in Animal Behaviour, with over 15 years’ experience working in the field alongside some of our planet’s most dangerous wildlife species.  

Interests

Sarah’s main area of interest is human impact on wildlife. She enjoys delving into the overlooked, and sometimes more controversial subject areas. She also relishes focusing on positive potential future developments led by new technologies.

As a published author and educator, Sarah’s goal is to translate these important environmental topics into schools.In 2014, Sarah launched Creature, an environmental outreach project delivering specialist workshops to schools all over the world. These sessions incorporate elements of science, geography, English, and critical thinking to help young people navigate our changing world.