Kent Carpenter helped put Philippine marine biodiversity on the map

By some accounts, in the Philippine reefs of the 1970s, large groupers appeared every 50 feet or so. Some seemed as large as Volkswagen Beetles. Around them were snappers, fusiliers, wrasses, turtles, and corals, along with fish whose identities were still uncertain. Kent E. Carpenter arrived in the Philippines at 22, soon after graduating from [Continue reading] The post Kent Carpenter helped put Philippine marine biodiversity on the map appeared first on Rhett Ayers Butler .