Phantasticus’ mission is to create seminal wildlife and adventure programming with a purpose. Phantasticus is the only production company that actively finances conservation work in exchange for filming rights and the ability to bring exposure to causes.
Phantasticus’ current and upcoming slate entertains and engages while educating and inspiring viewers about the world’s amazing ecosystems and vast range of animal species - many of which are rare, critically endangered, and even on the brink of extinction. Spanning all continents, programs will transport viewers to some of the most remote areas of the world, bringing Galante’s hands-on expertise, resources and technologies to expose and address pressing wildlife and environmental issues. Phantasticus is currently producing the "Alien Sharks" series on Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Phantasticus also produced “Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante” on Discovery, and numerous other Shark Week specials.
Dr. Tiara Moore has discovered bull sharks thriving in polluted, algae filled lagoons; teaming up with Dr. Craig O'Connell, they study why pregnant females still migrate there and how their pups survive in the algal deadzones of the Indian River Lagoon.
Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante explores the alien world of Japan's oceans; teaming up with deep-sea shark expert Christine De Silva, they search for the critically endangered Japanese Angelshark, AKA the Yokai, the ghost of the sea.
Tiger sharks are washing up dead on the beaches of Western Australia with no sign of attack. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante has a theory that deadly sea snakes are turning these apex predators into prey. In the battle of shark against snake, are snakes winning?
After the incursion of two Orcas into South African waters, wildlife biologist Forrest Galante and deep-sea shark expert Christine de Silva travel to South Africa to search for the alien Broadnose Sevengill Shark.
World-renowned wildlife biologist Forrest Galante travels to the remote island of Papua New Guinea to prove definitively that sharks can indeed, walk on land.
Wildlife biologist and adventurer Forrest Galante solves mysteries in the animal world in the most daring, dangerous and courageous ways all while helping conservation and the animals thrive.
Forrest Galante leads his team to Baja Mexico, in search of a giant black shark that's become a legend amongst local fishermen, a 60 foot sea beast known as El Demonio Negro, the black demon shark.
Something dangerous lies beneath the ice in the arctic waters of Alaska, and it's hungry. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante and his team travel to the far north to determine if these marine mammal attacks are the result of aggressive behavior from the deep water Pacific Sleeper Shark, the lightning fast Salmon Shark, or a completely new, unknown arctic predator.
Wildlife biologist and conservationist Forrest Galante dives into some of the most treacherous, shark-infested waters in the southern hemisphere all in an attempt to rediscover three unique sharks lost to science for as long as 100 years.
Travel to four different continents and see how the wet markets taking place on each not only feed the local community but also put the entire world at risk.
A giant crocodile who's neck trapped in a motorcycle tire captures the world's attention. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante travels to Indonesia during the height of COVID to take on the ultimate challenge of saving the crocodile's life.
Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante and his team set out on the Indian Ocean to search for the Pondicherry Shark, believed to be extinct since the 1970s. But recent photos of unidentified sharks around Sri Lanka and the Maldives could prove otherwise. What they find will make history and news globally.