Megan McCubbin
{{short description|British zoologist, conservationist, and photographer}}
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| birth_place = United Kingdom
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| occupation = Zoologist, conservationist, photographer, television presenter
| years_active = 2017–present
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| parents = Chris Packham (stepfather)
| notable_works = Springwatch
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Megan McCubbin (born 8 February 1995) is an English zoologist, conservationist, photographer and television presenter.{{cite news|title=Packham and McCubbin to explore 'wonder of the wild'|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/packham-and-mccubbin-explore-wonder-wild-new-book-1213788|author=Cowdery, Katherine|date=31 July 2020|accessdate=29 October 2020|magazine=The Bookseller}}
Biography
McCubbin was born on 8 February 1995; her mother is Jo McCubbin, a nurse.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/ciwf/p/C3GOliLsP58/ |title=Instagram |website=www.instagram.com |date=8 February 2024 |access-date=12 February 2025}}{{cite news | url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/fatherhood/meet-chris-packhams-new-springwatch-side-kick-25-year-old-step/ | title= Meet Chris Packham's new Springwatch side-kick: his 25-year-old step-daughter | work=The Daily Telegraph | author=Christine Smith | date=27 May 2020| accessdate=26 January 2021 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |url=https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/who-is-megan-mccubbin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-autumnwatch-presenter |title=Megan McCubbin |date=8 February 2024 |access-date=12 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryfile.com/tv/who-is-megan-mccubbin|title=Who is Megan McCubbin? All you need to know about the wildlife television presenter|first=Debbie|last=Graham|date=22 May 2024|website=Countryfile.com}} When Megan was two years old, her mother began dating Chris Packham, and they later married. They divorced in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uk/chris-packham-discusses-partner-charlotte-corneys-connection-with-his-stepdaughter-megan/articleshow/94746193.cms?from=mdr|title=Chris Packham discusses partner Charlotte Corney's connection with his stepdaughter Megan|date=9 October 2022|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}
McCubbin has dyslexia and took Environmental Studies at A-Level. A foundation year in Biological Science led her to study Zoology at the University of Liverpool.{{cite web | url= https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a35190095/megan-mccubbin-interview/ | title= 10 questions with Megan McCubbin | work=Country Living | author=Emma-Louise Pritchard | date=20 January 2021| accessdate=26 January 2021}}
In 2017 she hosted an episode of the BBC documentary series Undercover Tourist about the bear bile industry,{{cite web|title=Undercover Tourist, Series 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0539dyk |website=BBC Three |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=22 January 2021}} and became a regular reporter on Al Jazeera's Earthrise programme.{{Cite web |title=Who is Megan McCubbin? Everything you need to know about the Springwatch presenter |url=https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/who-is-megan-mccubbin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-autumnwatch-presenter/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Discover Wildlife |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=earthrise {{!}} Video {{!}} Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/earthrise/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} She presented an episode of Planet Defenders in which she investigated why protected sharks were being caught and sold as 'Rock Salmon'. With her stepfather Chris Packham,{{cite news|title=Chris Packham interview: 'Megan is great. She knows my foibles and limits. And I know hers' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/wildlife-nature/article/chris-packham-interview-megan-is-great-she-knows-my-foibles-and-limits-and-i-know-hers-tpmh037qq|author=Crampton, Robert |newspaper=The Times|date=29 August 2020|access-date=29 October 2020 |url-access=subscription}} she has co-hosted Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch on BBC Two since 2020.{{cite news|title=Who is Chris Packham's stepdaughter, Megan McCubbin?|magazine=Country Living|url=https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a32820589/chris-packham-stepdaughter-megan-mccubbin/|accessdate=29 October 2020|date=20 October 2020|author=Walden, Lisa}}{{Cite web|title=Autumnwatch 2021, Episode 1|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0b0mjg3|access-date=2021-10-29|website=BBC Programme Index}} In 2021, Packham and McCubbin co-hosted Chris and Meg's Wild Summer for the BBC.{{Cite web|last=Wehrstedt|first=Lisa|date=2021-08-18|title=Chris Packham joined by step-daughter Megan McCubbin for new wildlife series|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/18/chris-packham-and-step-daughter-megan-mccubbin-land-new-bbc-series-15111350/|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Metro|language=en}}
In May and June 2022, McCubbin presented Springwatch from the Kielder Forest, Hauxley Nature Reserve and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.{{cite web | url=https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a27477413/springwatch/ | title=Springwatch 2022 is back, but is missing one of the team | date=24 May 2022 }} In August 2022, she joined the presenting team on Animal Park, a 15-part series filmed at Longleat in Wiltshire and broadcast daily on BBC One and BBC Two.{{Cite web |date=9 August 2022 |title=Animal Park, Summer 2022: Episode 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001b0mn/animal-park-summer-2022-episode-1 |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=BBC iPlayer}}{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=Zoologist Megan McCubbin joins BBC One's Animal Park presenting team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/megan-mccubbin-animal-park/bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/megan-mccubbin-animal-park/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=BBC Media Centre |language=en}}
Books
- {{cite book |title=Back to Nature: How to Love Life – and Save It |author1-first=Chris |author1-last=Packham |author1link=Chris Packham |author2-first=Megan |author2-last=McCubbin |publisher=Two Roads |date=December 2020 |isbn=9781529350425 |url=https://www.tworoadsbooks.com/titles/chris-packham/back-to-nature/9781529350425}}
- {{cite book|title=An Atlas of Endangered Species|year=2023|publisher=Hachette|isbn=9781529369533}}
References
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External link
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Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:English conservationists
Category:English television presenters
Category:21st-century English writers
Category:21st-century English women writers
Category:Scientists with dyslexia
Category:21st-century British zoologists
Category:21st-century English scientists
Category:21st-century English women scientists
Category:English women scientists
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