Harry W. Greene (born September 26, 1945) is an American herpetologist, who retired in 2016 after working for many years as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University.
[2] Greene has made many scientific publications (about 150 by 2005) and conducted field work in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa and Vietnam.
His main areas of research are evolutionary biology, behavioral and community ecology, vertebrate conservation, and feeding and defense in lizards and snakes.
He was a researcher for one episode of the 2008 BBC series Life in Cold Blood.
[3] Greene is the Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and the recipient of the E. O. Wilson Award from the American Society of Naturalists.