Brady Robert Barr (born 4 January 1963) is a

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...

and host of

Nat Geo WILD National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%) ...

's ''

Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr ''Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr'' is a television program hosted by Brady Barr on Nat Geo WILD, National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) ...

''. He began employment with National Geographic in 1997. Barr has also been the host for two other series, ''Reptile Wild'' and ''Croc Chronicles''.

Career

A native of

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...

, Barr graduated from

Indiana University School of Education The Indiana University School of Education (abbreviated as IU School of Education) is a constituent school of Indiana University Bloomington and one of the top-ranked schools of education in the United States. It offers a range of degrees in pro ...

with a B.S. in Science Education and later became a high school teacher. After earning a PhD at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...

, Barr became the first known

to have captured all 23 extant species of

crocodilian Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livin ...

s in his career. Barr is the author of a children's book about citizen science and American crocodiles,. In 2012, Barr testified at the Subcommittee Hearing on HR511: To prohibit the importation of various species of constrictor snakes after he approached the U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) to offer his expertise.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, Brady 1963 births Living people American herpetologists University of Miami alumni People from Fort Worth, Texas Indiana University alumni