-Jim Fowler, who with the zoologist Marlin Perkins introduced generations of television viewers to wild animals filmed in their natural habitats on the long-running documentary series “Wild Kingdom,” ...

Jim Fowler, a naturalist who rose to fame on the long-running television program "Wild Kingdom" and who famously bantered with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show," has died. He was 89. Fowler died ...

His son, J. Mark Fowler, said the cause was complications of heart ailments. Fowler was a key part of “Wild Kingdom” (also known as “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”), which had its premiere on NBC in ...