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Artie L. Metcalf
A zoologist with a lifelong interest in freshwater fishes and land snails, this author wrote practical, field-focused studies that helped document the wildlife of Kansas and the American Southwest.
2 Audiobooks
Fishes of the Wakarusa River in Kansas
by James E. Deacon, Artie L. Metcalf
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas
by Artie L. Metcalf
About the author
Artie L. Metcalf was an American zoologist whose work centered on malacology and ichthyology—the study of mollusks and fishes. He is remembered for carefully documenting regional species, especially in Kansas and the southwestern United States.
At the University of Texas at El Paso, he served as Curator of Mollusks in the Laboratory for Environmental Biology and was later honored as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences. University and reference sources also note that he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.
His books and research reflect a strong interest in local natural history, including detailed studies of fish populations in Kansas and land snails of New Mexico. That mix of scientific precision and close attention to place makes his work especially valuable for readers who enjoy nature writing grounded in real field observation.