Nellie Teale

Nellie Imogene Teale (née Donovan; 1900–1993) was an American naturalist and conservationist. She was an important contributor to the nature writing of her husband, Edwin Way Teale, serving as researcher, critic, and editor for his manuscripts. She was noted for her keen observations of flora and fauna; her motto was to "go slow and see more".

Teale and her husband traveled throughout North America, documenting natural history and covering over 76,000 miles during a 15-year period. She graduated from Earlham College in Indiana and was on the faculty of Friends University in Kansas. From 1959, the Teales lived in northern Connecticut near the wilderness at a property they named Trail Head. They donated their property to the Connecticut Audubon Society.