Terry was a Professor at Pratt Institute for 33 years -- retired in 1999. With John Miklosz he founded the Marine Aquarist. In 1993, with Julian Sprung and Daniel Ramirez he founded Aquarium Frontiers. Terry joined Reefs.org in 2002, and with Craig Bingman later founded the online publication, Advanced Aquarist. He is currently the editor of that publication. He is a regular columnist for the German publication, Koralle; for that publication he writes the column called "American Perspectives."

ABSTRACT: How to Keep Your Animals Alive for a Very Long Time, or How to Defeat Murphy