M. Philip Kahl

|birth_place=Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |death_date= |death_place=Sedona, Arizona, U.S. |education=Butler University (BS)
Emory University
University of Georgia (MS, PhD) |occupation=Zoologist }} Marvin Philip Kahl (September 28, 1934 – December 4, 2012) was an American zoologist who studied birds and elephants. From the 1950s to 1980s, Kahl conducted his avian research on storks, flamingos and spoonbills. During this time period, Kahl worked for various places including the National Audubon Society and Rare Animal Relief Effort. In the 1990s, Kahl switched his research to elephants and continued to study them until the 2010s.

Throughout his career, Kahl took wildlife photographs for various publications including ''National Geographic'' and the ''Journal of Zoology.'' Kahl wrote ''Wonders of Storks'' in 1978 and was a co-author of ''Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills of the World'' in 1992. Apart from his works, Kahl received a fellowship from the National Science Foundation in the 1960s and one from the American Museum of Natural History in the 1970s. He also became part of the MacArthur Fellows Program in 1988. Provided by Wikipedia