Wofford College: Bentley Featured Nationally for Snake Research, Spider Discovery in Amazon
June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, June 12 -- Wofford College issued the following news:
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Where the wild things are
Bentley featured nationally for snake research, spider discovery in Amazon
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In the fall of 2015, Alex Bentley '17 was finishing an ecology and conservation study abroad program in Ecuador when he walked into a small shack owned by Manuel Genaro Penafiel, a 90-year-old farmer. Inside was a collection of snakes pre . . .
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Where the wild things are
Bentley featured nationally for snake research, spider discovery in Amazon
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In the fall of 2015, Alex Bentley '17 was finishing an ecology and conservation study abroad program in Ecuador when he walked into a small shack owned by Manuel Genaro Penafiel, a 90-year-old farmer. Inside was a collection of snakes pre . . .