First Finds of Indigo Survey Season
Dirk Stevenson
Dirk Stevenson, Director of our Longleaf Savannas Initiative (LSI), and Ben Stegenga, LSI Field Technician, found the very…
Little Indigo
Ben Stegenga of The Orianne Society, photographed here with Matt Elliott, Nongame Biologist with the Georgia Department of…
Migratory Snakes
The changing seasons have the snakes on the move, heading for cover, returning to dens where they will…
What’s on the Menu? The Diet of the Alligator Snapper
Alligator snapping turtles are the only turtles in the world to have evolved an oral predatory lure. These…
Alligator Snappers vs. Common Snappers
Although most folks are familiar with the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), few except experienced fisherman and river…
The Author’s Bite
Although it is extremely difficult to get bitten by an alligator snapping turtle or Common Snapping Turtle, I…
Spotting Spotted Turtles
As you may know, the southeastern United States is recognized for its extraordinarily high species diversity of turtles—a…
Monitoring Eastern Indigo Snakes – I Have Only Been Bitten Once
From six feet I zoomed in on the head of the 87 inch Eastern Indigo Snake, attempting…