Ushering in Spring with Choruses of Chorus Frogs
Houston Chandler
Views:536 views A Spring Peeper calling in the mountains of Virginia – Houston Chandler Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer)…
Technician Spotlight: Kevin Hutcheson, Surveying for Rare Snakes
Truthfully, while my job was to find indigos as part of The Orianne Society’s annual occupancy surveys, I also wanted to find the far more elusive Florida Pine Snake… they’re both striking and cryptic, spending the majority of their lives in rodent burrows underground.
New Published Research: Mapping Eastern Indigo Snake Habitat
One of the fundamental concepts in conservation biology involves understanding where a species occurs, either historically or in present times…
Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes
Views:55 views Eastern Hog-nosed Snake crossing a sandy road on a spring evening. – Houston Chandler I have…
New Published Research: Examining the Effects of Fire Suppression on Wetland Ecosystems
We examined how leaf breakdown and invertebrate communities varied across three species of leaf litter: longleaf pine needles, wiregrass stalks, and black gum leaves. These species all occur naturally in pine flatwoods wetlands, with gum trees being mostly restricted to fire-suppressed wetlands or the deepest parts of fire-maintained wetlands.
Research Update: Exciting Developments from our Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle Projects
I wrote last year about our work surveying for Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtles (Machrochelys suwanniensis) in Georgia as part of a range-wide assessment of the species’ distribution and status. Since that time, there have been several exciting developments in our work with alligator snapping turtles.
Improving Breeding Habitat for Flatwoods Salamanders
Views:302 views Properly managed longleaf pine flatwoods are a rare sight in the 21st century – Brandon Rincon…
What can museum specimens tell us about the history of Snake Fungal Disease?
Some of the first questions that emerge when a new wildlife disease is documented surround where the disease originated and how long has it been impacting wildlife populations. Is the disease emerging or has it been around for decades? Perhaps something else in the environment is just now making the disease bad enough that it is noticeable to biologists.