Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Michael Patrick O'Neill, age 45, is a professional award-winning wildlife photographer, author, and conservationist specializing in marine wildlife and environmental issues. He lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and for the last 20 years has travelled extensively worldwide photographing diverse aquatic animals, habitats and man's impact on them.

He has written and photographed seven, non-fiction marine life books designed to encourage people to get involved in science and conservation, and has had the privilege of having presented to more than 150,000 individuals across the US in the last 10 years promoting a greater appreciation for the natural world, especially the oceans and their inhabitants.

Michael works with photo agents in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, and his photography is regularly licensed to the leading publishers in the field.

Book Publishers:

• Abdo Publishing
• Agrupacion Sierra Madre
• American Historical Pub.
• Anness
• APA
• Audubon
• Bearport Publishing
• Bedford St. Martins
• Bright Star
• Capstone
• Carus Publishing
• Colin Baxter Photography
• Collins
• Colophon Strumenti (Italy)
• Cowley Robinson Publishing
• Crabtree
• Delmar Publishing
• Discovery Books Limited
• Dorling Kindersley
• Editions Milan Jeunesse
• Enslow Publishers
• Facts on File
• Folens
• Frommers
• Gale Research Co.
• Harcourt Education
• Harper Collins
• Heinemann Library
• Houghton Mifflin
• John Hopkins University Press
• Key Porter/Firefly
• Lerner
• Lucent
• Macmillan
• Marshall Cavendish
• McDougal Littell
• McGraw Hill Ryerson
• Morgan Interactive
• National Geographic School Publishing
• Natural History Museum (London)
• Nelson Education
• Newbridge
• Owlkids World Book Publishing
• Oxford University Press
• Pearson Education
• Prentice Hall
• Rough Guides
• Scholastic
• Studio Cactus
• The Child's World
• Time for Kids School Publishing
• University of California Press
• Voyager
• Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• WH Freeman & Comp
• White Star
• Wildlife Education, Ltd. (Zoobooks)
• World Book
• World Wide Publications
• WW Norton & Co.
• Zaner Bloser

Other:

• Allan & Bertram Limited (Calendars)
• Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
• Axel Springer Polska (Poland)
• Blackwell Publishing (Global Change Biology Journal)
• Browntrout Calendars
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• CDS Design
• Continuum Group (UK)
• Countryside Council of Wales
• Discovery Channel
• Drill Construction
• Environmental Agency - Abu Dhabi
• Florida Keys & Key West Advertising Campaign
• Florida Museum of Natural History
• Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership
• Gatlinburg Aquarium
• Grazia Neri Agency (Milan)
• Greenpeace (Germany)
• Janin Cliff Design
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Keystone Press
• Lee County, FL Parks & Recreation
• Lyons Zaremba
• Metronome Productions (Danish TV)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• MSNBC.com
• nationalgeographic.com
• National Geographic Television
• New Jersey State Aquarium
• NOAA
• North West Wildlife Trusts (UK)
• North Carolina Musuem
• Oceana
• Ocean Conservancy
• Palma Aquarium (Mallorca, Spain)
• Pew Environmental Group
• Portal Posters
• SCRFA (Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations)
• Smithsonian.com
• SQN Communications
• The National Academy of Sciences
• Time.com
• Trend Enterprises
• Tybee Island Marine Science Center
• Virginia Aquarium
• World Society for the Protection of Animals
• WPTV NBC (Palm Beach, FL)
• WWF Wildlife Babies Calendar 2007

Magazines & Newspapers:

• Animals & You
• BBC Knowledge
• BBC Wildlife
• Bild Am Sonntag/Axel Springer (Germany)
• Boating Magazine
• Canadian Wildlife Federation
• Car Designer
• Dive
• Dive New Zealand
• East News Moscow
• Egmont Magazines Limited
• FHM Magazine (South Africa)
• Field & Stream
• Fiji Times
• Florida Wildlife Magazine
• Flyfishing in Salt Waters
• Focus Junior (Milan)
• Freshwater & Marine Aquarium Magazine
• GE Fabbri
• Geolino
• Guardian
• John Brown Citrus (UK)
• Mergulho
• Metro Life
• Milan Presse (France)
• National Geographic Adventure
• National Geographic Explorer
• National Geographic Junior
• Nationa Geographic Kids (Hungary)
• National Geographic Magazine
• National Geographic World
• National Geographic Youth
• National Wildlife
• Nature
• Nature's Best
• New Scientist
• Newsweek
• New York Times
• New Zealand Herald
• Nice Matin
• Nick Jr. Magazine (Nickelodeon)
• Nickelodeon Magazine
• Ocean Realm
• Palm Beach Daily News
• Palm Beach Post
• People Magazine
• Planeta Facinante
• Popular Science
• Popular Photography
• Ranger Rick
• Reed Business Information
• Reuters
• Scotland on Sunday
• Scuba Diving
• Skin Diver
• Smithsonian
• Southern Diver
• Sport Diver
• Sport Fishing
• Take a Break Magazine
• Tauchen (Germany)
• Telegraph (UK)
• The Press Journal
• Times of London
• Unterwasser (Germany)
• US News & World Report
• Videnskab
• View Magazine (Germany)
• Weekly Reader
• Women in the Outdoors

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