About
Bill Toone is an internationally recognized conservation biologist, author, and public speaker who has worked in more than 30 countries and traveled to more than 100. Best known for his pioneering role in the recovery of the California condor, Bill helped develop groundbreaking techniques—including the use of condor puppets—that enabled one of North America’s most endangered birds to survive and recover.
Over more than three decades with the San Diego Zoo and Zoological Society of San Diego, Bill rose to become Curator of Birds and later Director of Applied Conservation. His expeditions and biological surveys have taken him from the rainforests of Madagascar and Papua New Guinea to the savannas of Central Africa, often in partnership with his wife and fellow explorer,
Sunni.