Editing Tim Berra (biologist)

{{Short description|American ichthyologist, Charles Darwin biographer}}
{{For|the American football player|Tim Berra (American football)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Tim M. Berra
| image         = Tim M Berra headshot.jpg
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1943|08|31}}
| birth_place   = [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]
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| education     = [[Saint Louis University]] BS biology, [[Tulane University]] PhD biology
| employer      = [[Ohio State University]]
| title         = Professor Emeritus of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology 
| years_active  = 1969 to current
| known_for     = Author, illustrator, photographer, biologist, [[ichthyologist]], [[Charles Darwin]] biographer
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'''Tim M. Berra''' is academy professor and professor emeritus of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at [[Ohio State University]]. He received his MS (1967) and PhD in biology from [[Tulane University]] in 1969. He is a three-time recipient of [[Fulbright Fellowship]]s to [[Australia]] in 1969, 1979, and 2009. He taught at the [[University of Papua New Guinea]] before joining the faculty of OSU in 1972. He has spent over 11 years doing fieldwork in Australia. He is known for his ichthyological research and  biographies of [[Charles Darwin]], Darwin's children and naturalist [[William Beebe]]. Berra has researched and written about the [[Murray cod]], [[trout cod]], [[Australian grayling]], [[salamanderfish]], [[Galaxiidae|galaxiids]], [[megamouth shark]] and the [[nurseryfish]]. In 2009 the [[Smithsonian Institution]] received his collection of 260 species of rare fishes. In 2022 the [[National Center for Science Education]] (NCSE) presented Berra the "Friend of Darwin" award.

== Early life and education ==
Born August 31, 1943, in [[St. Louis, Missouri]],{{R|Whitmire}} Berra credits his mother helping him with his career in science, by allowing him to read at the dinner table despite his father thinking it wasn't a good idea. He dedicated his book ''Evolution and the Myth of Creationism'' to his mother saying "For my mother for allowing me to read during meals". He acquired a love of fish because he kept tropical fish in his bedroom as a child, which led him to read about how to take care of them to keep them healthy. He said his, "hobby education led to a career down the road".{{R|Aunt J}}
Berra received his BS in biology at [[Saint Louis University]] and his MS and PhD in biology at [[Tulane University]] in Louisiana.{{R|Emeritus lecture}} He has received three [[Fulbright]] scholarships{{R|OSU award}} which allowed him to study abroad in Australia. He is a professorial fellow at [[Charles Darwin University]] in [[Darwin, Australia]].{{R|OSU award}}

==Career==
Berra has been called "an international expert in freshwater fish, with a reputation for solving long-standing mysteries". His notable work includes the taxonomic separation of two species of Australian [[cod]] (the [[trout cod]] from [[Murray cod]]) in the [[Murray River]], and solving the disappearance and reappearance of the [[salamanderfish]] in Southwestern Australia, discovering that they burrow when the pools dry only to reappear later when the water returns.{{R|Coleman}}

In 1988, Berra contributed to the preservation of a [[megamouth shark]], a species witnessed rarely before that, described as "one of the most important zoological finds of the decade".{{R|Coleman}}

Berra's 1996 research on ''[[Galaxias maculatus]]'' proved that its freshwater distribution around the Southern Hemisphere was due to dispersal through the sea of salt-tolerant juveniles. He has also worked on other Chilean [[Galaxiidae|galaxiids]].{{R|Benowitz}}

Berra is a university professorial fellow at Charles Darwin University, a research associate at the Northern Territory Museum, and emeritus professor of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at Ohio State University.{{R|Coleman}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim M. Berra |url=https://www.usni.org/people/tim-m-berra |website=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Southern Pacific fishes illustrations by F.E. Clarke 24.jpg|thumb|[[Australian grayling]] (''Prototroctes maraena'')]]
[[File:FMIB 36611 Murray cod Oligorus macquariensis.jpeg|thumb|[[Murray cod]] (''Maccullochella peeli'')]] 
[[File:Gristes macquariensis from Griffin & Smith 1834 bhl Classpisces00cuvi 0137 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Trout cod]] (''Maccullochella macquariensis'')]]
* 1969 – Awarded a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the [[Australian National University]] in Canberra, Australia{{R|Whitmire}}
* 1971 – Lecturer of biology, [[University of Papua New Guinea]]{{R|Dispatch}}{{R|Benowitz}}
* 1979 – Fulbright senior research fellow at [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, Australia{{R|Whitmire}}
* 1992 – Visiting professor [[University of Concepción]] in Chile{{R|Dispatch}}
* 1996 – Visiting professor [[University of Otago]] in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand{{R|Dispatch}}
* 1992–2000 – Member of the board of trustees of the [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]]{{R|Mansfield News}}
* 1989–2022 – Served on the board of governors of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.{{R|Mansfield News}}
* 1981–1985 – Editor-in-chief of ''The Ohio Journal of Science''.{{R|Mansfield News}}

===Charles Darwin===
Fascinated as a child by the adventures of the [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']] and the naturalist [[William Beebe]], Berra has written several books on [[Charles Darwin]], Darwin's family and in 1977, Beebe. ''Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man'' was published in 2009, timed for the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth in 1809. Berra became interested in the children of Darwin and his wife [[Emma Wedgwood]]. The children had often been mentioned in other books, but little had been written about their lives, Berra researched the ten children and published ''Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy'' in 2013. Darwin and his wife were first cousins, which interested Berra on how this might have affected the family genetics. Their [[consanguine marriage]] possibly affected the children with "reduced fertility" compared with similar families of their class during that time. Seven children lived to adulthood, only three of those had children.{{R|Herald}} Darwin himself suffered from ill-health, "severe digestive problems and a skin disease that made shaving so painful that he grew his distinctive beard". Berra asked researchers in Spain who had used computer modeling to understand the genetics of the [[Habsburg family tree]] to look into the genetics of the Darwin family. The result was that there was an increased risk of low-fertility and bacterial infections, which at least two of Darwin's children died of.{{R|NYT Darwin}}

In 2016 ''[[The Washington Post]]'' contacted Berra to weigh in on the importance of finding a letter from Darwin that had been stolen 30-years prior by an intern at the [[Smithsonian]]. Berra explained that while Darwin was trained as a geologist and would have been "interested in what was going on in America", this letter would be one of over 7,000 letters written by Darwin and anything by Darwin "is of historical significance and scientific significance".{{R|Darwin letter}} Berra has pushed for the city of Darwin to fully embrace the man and legacy that they are named for. In 2014 Berra said that when he started coming to Darwin in 2001 he was "struck by the fact that there was nothing visible about him [Darwin] to the public." Today, the ''Beagle'' ship bell chimes and bust of Darwin reside in Darwin's Civic Center, and the former Northern Territory University is renamed Charles Darwin University.{{R|Vangopoulos}} Berra gave the keynote address on Darwin in 2009 at the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin held at the Darwin Convention Center in Darwin.{{R|Whitmire}}

===After retirement===
[[File:Nurseryfish in net.jpg|thumb|Male [[nurseryfish]] with embryos - photographed inside net]]
In 1995, Berra retired from teaching full time. In 2009 he won his third [[Fulbright Fellowship]], and continued to publish books and scientific papers. In 2016 as a professorial fellow stationed at [[Charles Darwin University]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], Australia, Berra continued his work on [[nurseryfish]].{{R|Richland}} His research on the nurseryfish was to investigate the male's unique adaptation, carrying thousands of fertilized eggs on a hook "like a bunch of grapes". Berra wanted to know how the embryos attached to the hook, and if the male was the genetic father of the embryos.{{R|grapes}} {{R|Coleman}}

During one of the research trips in 2011 with Wedd on the [[Adelaide River]] they encountered a 5-metre [[crocodile]] locals call Agro eating the fish that Berra and Wedd had trapped in a net they were using in their research. Argo got his teeth into the net and before Berra and Wedd could attempt releasing it, Argo tore a "humungous hole" in the net. The rest of the day Argo followed them around the river.{{R|Agro}}
In 2009 the [[Smithsonian Institution]] received Berra's collection of 260 species of rare fishes.{{R|Dispatch}} Berra and his wife Rita M. Berra endowed the first chair established at Ohio State's regional campus. Berra hopes that the chair will be filled by a scientist that will do field work and return to teach at the Mansfield campus, also Berra made the bequest to honor his wife Rita, of whom he said "She has made my life easier for all these years and has provided unselfish support, freeing me to pursue my research". The chair is called the Tim M. and Rita M. Berra Endowed Chair in Evolutionary Biology, in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology.{{R|Mansfield News}}

==Personal life==
Berra decided to apply his professional curiosity towards one of his other passions, [[Bourbon whiskey|bourbon]]. He attended Bourbon Academy and Moonshine University, read many books and in 2019 authored his own, ''Bourbon: What the Educated Drinker Should Know''. Berra states that his "scientific training and methods helped him find and organize information".{{R|Distilling history}} 
Until 2022, Berra was spending winters as a resident of [[Anna Maria Island]] in Florida.{{R|Herald}} Married to Rita M. Berra.{{R|Dispatch}}

==Awards==
*[[National Center for Science Education]] (NCSE) presented Berra the 2022 "Friend of Darwin" award. Executive director [[Ann Reid]] stated, "Tim Berra has helped to expose the flaws of creationism going back to the days of creation science".{{R|NCSE}}{{R|OSU award}}

== Selected publications ==
===Books===
* {{cite book|year=2019|author=Berra, Tim |title=BOURBON: What the Educated Drinker Should Know| location=Morley |publisher= Acclaim Press|isbn= 978-1-948901-13-0 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=2013|author=Berra, Tim |title=Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy| location=United States |publisher= Oxford University Press|isbn= 978-0199309443 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=2009|author=Berra, Tim |title=Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man| location=United States |publisher= Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn= 9780801891045 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=2007|author=Berra, Tim |title=Freshwater Fish Distribution - 2nd Edition | location= United States |publisher= University of Chicago Press|isbn= 978-0226044422 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=2001|author=Berra, Tim |title=Freshwater Fish Distribution | location= |publisher= Academic Press|isbn= 978-0120931569 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=1998|author=Berra, Tim |title=A Natural History of Australia| location= |publisher= Academic Press|isbn= 978-0120931552 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=1990|author=Berra, Tim |title=Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate| location=United States |publisher= Stanford University Press|isbn= 978-0804717700 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=1981|author=Berra, Tim & R. M. McDowall (forward)|title=Atlas of Distribution of Freshwater Fish Families of the World | location=United States |publisher= University of Nebraska Press |isbn= 978-0803214118 |oclc= }}
* {{cite book|year=1977|author=Berra, Tim |title=William Beebe: An Annotated Bibliography | location= |publisher= Shoe String Pr Inc|isbn= 0208016082 |oclc= }}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<!---<ref name="Ohio State website">{{cite web |title=Dr. Tim M. Berra |url=https://u.osu.edu/berra.1/ |website=u.osu.edu |publisher=The Ohio State University |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811063758/https://u.osu.edu/berra.1/ |archive-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>--->

<ref name="Aunt J">{{cite web |title=Meet A Scientist with Dr. Tim Berra |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiygGXk7Wwo |website=Aunt J |publisher=YouTube |access-date=17 September 2022 |date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="NCSE">{{cite web |last1=Branch|first1=Glenn|author-link= Glenn Branch|title=Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2022 |url=https://ncse.ngo/friend-darwin-and-friend-planet-awards-2022 |website=ncse.ngo |publisher=National Center for Science Education |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915201618/https://ncse.ngo/friend-darwin-and-friend-planet-awards-2022 |archive-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

<ref name="OSU award">{{cite web |title=Dr. Tim Berra honored with 2022 Friend of Darwin award |url=https://mansfield.osu.edu/news/dr-tim-berra-honored-with-2022-friend-of-darwin-award.html |website=mansfield.osu.edu |publisher=The Ohio State University |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917060434/https://mansfield.osu.edu/news/dr-tim-berra-honored-with-2022-friend-of-darwin-award.html |archive-date=17 September 2022 |date=2 September 2022 |quote=I am very pleased to be included among so many prominent scientists, writers, and educators. It is an honor to have my life’s work recognized by my peers as having an impact on scientific literacy, said Dr. Berra.}}</ref>

<ref name="Emeritus lecture">{{cite web |title=Emeritus Academy Lecture: Tim Berra |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhqXLHVdrRQ |website=Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs |publisher=YouTube |access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref>

<ref name="Distilling history">{{cite web |title=Distilling history |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2019/12/UM_CONT_AlumMagazine_WI19_567820_15_Berra_Tim.pdf |website=cpb-us-w2 |publisher=Ohio State Alumni Magazine |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918045839/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2019/12/UM_CONT_AlumMagazine_WI19_567820_15_Berra_Tim.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |date=2019 |quote=Contemplating a project outside your own career specialty? Berra advises choosing a topic you find truly interesting before applying academic research skills to track, consume and analyze as much relevant material as possible. 'I do recommend it as a diversion of new stimulation for your brain, but you don’t do this overnight. This took me five years. You don’t want to jump into it willy-nilly.'}}</ref>

<ref name="Richland">{{cite web |title=OSU-M prof: 1 more shot .. before I become too decrepit to push the crocs away from the boat |url=https://www.richlandsource.com/education/osu-m-prof-more-shot-before-i-become-too-decrepit/article_5adfcaaa-7c19-11e6-8333-8b459e0d592f.html |website=richlandsource.com |publisher=Richland Source |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918051648/https://www.richlandsource.com/education/osu-m-prof-more-shot-before-i-become-too-decrepit/article_5adfcaaa-7c19-11e6-8333-8b459e0d592f.html |archive-date=18 September 2022 |date=Sep 24, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="grapes">{{cite news |title=Male nurseryfish are hooked on fatherhood |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/NT-News-5-Sept-2016-28ayyk4.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=The Northern Territory News |date=5 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918052843/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/NT-News-5-Sept-2016-28ayyk4.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |page=39 |quote=... it was likely that the egg-carrying was an adaptation to protect the eggs from tidal flow and siltation, and enabled the male to move the eggs to a safe location}}</ref>

<ref name="Darwin letter">{{cite web |last1=Weiner |first1=Rachel |title=Darwin letter stolen from Smithsonian 30 years ago has been found |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/a-darwin-letter-stolen-from-the-smithsonian-30-years-ago-has-been-found/2016/06/02/217f2abc-28db-11e6-b989-4e5479715b54_story.html |website=washtingtonpost.com |publisher=Washington Post |access-date=18 September 2022 |date=June 2, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Herald">{{cite news |last1=Rife |first1=Susan L. |title=Darwin's legacy: Biologist has written a book about the next generation |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2015-Sarasota-Herald-Tribune-Darwins-Legacy-xl802p.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=Herald-Tribune |date=February 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918062117/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2015-Sarasota-Herald-Tribune-Darwins-Legacy-xl802p.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |quote=His latest book ... will join a library of 16,000 volumes he hopes to eventually donate to Darwin University. 'The university there would benefit so much more than Ohio State'.}}</ref>

<ref name="Vangopoulos">{{cite news |last1=Vangopoulos |first1=Katina |title=Darwin family evolves in new book |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2014-NTNews-story-12-Mar-1rhh2yo.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=NT News |date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918225820/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2014-NTNews-story-12-Mar-1rhh2yo.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="Coleman">{{cite news |last1=Coleman |first1=Leanne |title=Mysterious Male Claims Nursery Space |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Origins-Issue-1_2012_A4-1jdj1xt.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=Origins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918231726/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Origins-Issue-1_2012_A4-1jdj1xt.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |pages=17–19}}</ref>

<ref name="Agro">{{cite news |last1=Betts |first1=Alyssa |title=Agro the croc's a fast learner |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2011-5M-croc-shock-1sat3qb.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=NT News |date=November 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918234818/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2011-5M-croc-shock-1sat3qb.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2022 |location=Northwest Territories, Australia |pages=1–2 |quote=The closer we got to the net we saw this log. All of a sudden this log raises its gigantic head and its got bits of net in its mouth.}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT Darwin">{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Nicolas |title=In Darwin Family, Evidence of Inbreeding's Ill Effects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/science/04darwin.html?_r=0 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918235722/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/science/04darwin.html?_r=0 |archive-date=18 September 2022 |date=May 2, 2010 |quote=The three diagnoses of Darwin's malady, The first ascribes it to Chagas disease, a parasitic ailment spread by the vinchuca bug. Darwin recorded being bitten by one in Argentina in March 1835. A second theory holds that he suffered from Crohn’s disease, although that leaves his skin symptoms largely unexplained. A third theory is that Darwin suffered from the psychosomatic stress of knowing that his theory of evolution would distress his dear wife and the God-fearing Victorian public.}}</ref>

<ref name="Dispatch">{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Spencer |title=A Legacy Reserved |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2009-Columbus-Dispatch-combined-2009-22temdc.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=The Columbus Dispatch |date=September 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919000304/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2009-Columbus-Dispatch-combined-2009-22temdc.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2022 |page=iG}}</ref>

<ref name="Whitmire">{{cite news |last1=Whitmire |first1=Lou |title='No one receives 3 Fulbrights' |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2009-Fulbright-News-Journal-1-1qgvlhu.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |publisher=New Journal |date=August 7, 2009 |location=Mansfield, Ohio |quote=I just love my life.}}</ref>

<ref name="Mansfield News">{{cite news |title=Berras Create first Chair at Regional Campus |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2003-Berra-Bequest-File0013-24ttz4m.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |issue=Winter/Spring |publisher=The Ohio State University |date=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919005828/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-2003-Berra-Bequest-File0013-24ttz4m.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>

<ref name="Benowitz">{{cite news |last1=Benowitz |first1=Steve |title=Of Instant Fist and Pickled Sharks |url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-1990-Quest-high-res-2-18gdzm3.pdf |access-date=18 September 2022 |issue=Summer |publisher=Ohio State Quest |date=1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919011750/https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2015/05/Berra-1990-Quest-high-res-2-18gdzm3.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[https://www.knowledgestream.org/presentations/charles-darwin-story-an-extraordinary-man] Charles Darwin: The Story of an Extraordinary Man (audio only) - University of Toledo - November 17, 2009
*[https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/9/13460/files/2016/12/Donga-r0wdj1.mp4] Show us your Donga - ABC Darwin - 2016
*[https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2019/10/28/text#] Spectrum News 1 - October 28, 2019 - OSU Professor Turns Bourbon Passion into New Book
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126637625] May 8, 2010 - NPR [[All Things Considered]] - ''Darwin A Case Study In His Own Theory: Inbreeding''
<!---The following were in the prior to 2022 when I rewrote this Wikipedia page - I could not find citations to prove these statements. I didn't do a detailed search so I would like to preserve these statements in the hope someone can find a citation so they can be added back in.

He was also the ichthyological book review editor of [[Copeia]], the journal of the [[American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists]]. He resigned these positions at the end of 2000 to pursue fieldwork supported by the [[National Geographic Society]] and the Columbus Zoo in Australia in 2001.

Fellow of the [[Linnean Society of New South Wales|Linnean Society]].

Berra is an Executive Bourbon Steward and member of the Stave and Thief Society, a bourbon certification program of the Kentucky Distiller's Association.--->

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