Archie Carr III, PhD., is an American biologist

Biologist

A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

 instrumental in establishing the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in south-central Belize established to protect the forests, fauna and watersheds of an approximately 400 square kilometre area of the eastern slopes of the Maya Mountains...

 in the nation of Belize

Belize

Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

. Carr worked closely with American biologist Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Robert Rabinowitz is an American zoologist, conservationist, and field biologist and the CEO of Panthera, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 37 wild cat species...

 in convincing the government of Belize of the importance of that land area to the survival of the jaguar

Jaguar

The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...

 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

; in fact, Carr was the original mentor of Rabinowitz in preparing the young Rabinowitz for research in the tropics. Carr has been associated with the Wildlife Conservation Society

Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo was founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society and currently manages some of wild places around the world, with over 500 field conservation projects in 60 countries, and 200 scientists on staff...

 and has authored numerous papers and monographs on biology in Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

; he is a board member of Caribbean Conservation Corporation

Caribbean Conservation Corporation

The Sea Turtle Conservancy , formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation is an American not-for-profit 501 membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. STC was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle, in 1959 by Mr....

. Carr is the son of eminent American zoologist Archie Carr

Archie Carr

Archie Fairly Carr, Jr. was an American herpetologist, ecologist and a pioneering conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida. In 1987 he was awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award by the Ecological Society of America...

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Publications

• Carr, A., III. 2002. A century of sea turtles. Pages 1–8 in A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost, compilers. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
  Sea turtle
  Sea turtles are marine reptiles that inhabit all of the world's oceans except the Arctic.-Distribution:...
  
   Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-477. *