Background
Gary Polis was born in Los Angeles, California.
Gary Polis was born in Los Angeles, California.
He graduated from Loyola University in 1969. In 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy in biology in 1977 from the University of California, Riverside.
Polis received an Master of Arts While at University of California Riverside, Polis studied under Doctor Roger Farley. He conducted a variety of experiments and did studies of Vaejovidae. He went on to teach at Vanderbilt University from 1979 to 1992 and wrote several books
His Biology of Scorpions has been referred to as the "scorpion Bible." In 1998, Polis became Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis, a post he held until his death in 2000.
Polis was noted as a desert ecologist and advised the government on desert scorpions during the Gulf War. He died in a seastorm in the Sea of Cortez during an ecological expedition.