Ornate Chorus Frogs
Houston Chandler
Views:430 views On rainy nights in late fall and winter, small wetlands across the Coastal Plain of…
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Ecosystem Engineers: Creating Habitat for Others
Views:12,196 views Biologists have many ways to classify animals. Species can be grouped together based on what they…
Shedding Light on Disappearing Turtle Populations
Views:228 views Turtles are an ancient group of animals that have remained relatively unchanged over a long evolutionary…
Prevalence of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in Georgia’s Native Snake Fauna
Views:98 views Over the last two years, we have sampled the snake fauna of southeastern Georgia for Ophidiomyces…
The Importance of Landscape Connectivity
Views:69 views Longleaf pine ecosystems have been reduced to less than 5% of their original extent — creating…
Georgia’s Giant Turtles
Views:2,383 views Alligator snapping turtles are the largest species of freshwater turtle in Georgia, reaching sizes of up…
Following the thread: Searching for turtle nests
Views:386 views This spring we were posed with a challenging question. How do you go about finding Spotted…
Sex Determination in Reptiles
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orianne
Views:5,721 views Embryonic sex determination (i.e., the mechanism that determines whether embryos develop into males or females) is…