Unlike birds and mammals, which are highly visible and have little trouble attracting funds for their conservation, the majority of reptiles are largely secretive and rarely seen. This is especially true of snakes. Their very nature may contribute to their decline, according to a published in Conservation Biology.
The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), a research unit of The University of Georgia located on the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site, is observing 50 years of environmental research with various events from October 17 through the October 19th of this year. A symposium is the highlight of the celebration.
According to experts,turtles in Asia are facing possible extinction due to their unrestrained use as food, medicines and pet exports. A group of scientists from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory has become one of 15 partners with the Turtle Survival Alliance, an international conservation group formed to address this problem.
Scientists at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, a research unit of the University of Georgia, have found that a compound derived by simple enzymatic conversion from starch is successful in laboratory studies in assisting with the extraction of certain underground contaminants. (Environmental Science Technology)
Dr. Justin Congdon, a senior research ecologist with the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been awarded the 2000 Longevity Prize by the Fondation IPSEN, a French organization that supports work in the field of longevity.
Scientists from across North America will gather in Nashville this week for the first national toxicological forum that specifically addresses reptiles, the least considered class of vertebrates with regard to environmental contaminants.
Partners in Amphibians and Reptile Conservation received an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4. The Aiken, SC-based group took the award for Environmental, Community and Non profit organizations.
National attention has been riveted on the issue of amphibian declines for years. However, according to an article in the Aug. 11 BioScience, reptiles are in even greater distress worldwide than their better known cousins.
The smallest and the youngest non-hatchling Blanding's turtle ever recorded has been found by a Savannah River Ecology Laboratory professor. It is just two and one-half inches long and yet is four years old.
A computer model has been used to look at the question of what females really look for in a mate (this doesn't concern humans, only those species where the male is a simple sperm donor), by Savannah River Ecology Laboratory researchers (Evolutionary Ecology Research).
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) will be making its debut in the Guinness World Records for its Rainbow Bay project, which will now be known as the longest, continuous "Frog Watch" in the world.
About half of the world's turtle species face possible extinction -- due in large part to a growing demand for turtles as a popular dining delicacy and a source of traditional medicines. Sixty of the world's leading experts on freshwater turtles reached that conclusion at a special gathering in Nevada this month.
Dr. Paul Bertsch was appointed the new director for the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory(SREL).
Scientists from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory accompanied Georgia Department of Natural Resources scientists on a spelunking expedition in north Georgia last week and found a rare, blind fish known as a southern cavefish.
The University of Georgia Provost and Vice President for Research, will visit the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory January 15th to sign an agreement for a joint radioecology laboratory in Chornobyl, Ukraine.
The book, Snakes of Georgia and South Carolina, published by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) was such a hit when it came out last summer that nearly all 20,000 copies published were sold within weeks and has been reprinted.
On July 22 an agreement between the United States and the government of Ukraine was signed establishing a permanent international radioecology laboratory in the city of Chernobyl near the site of the 1986 nuclear accident.
Story Ideas from Savannah River Ecology Laboratory: 1) The endangered woodstork, 2) Where have all the flowers gone?, 3) Small spills, large problem, 4) Global amphibian declines, 5) Discovery of a new species points to how little we know about our environment. If you want to add depth to your coverage of ecology or Earth Day we invite you to contact us.
Scientists at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in South Carolina have described a new species of copepod, a tiny, aquatic crustacean.
Ecologists at the Savannah River Site are finding high levels of heavy metals in animals exposed to coal fly ash left over from burning coal at the federal reservation, and they suspect that the same problems are widespread because gigatons of coal are burned around the world every year.
Two Savannah River Ecology Laboratory researchers are among four scientists who have been awarded a $115,000 grant to study how the nation's paper industry can save money by reducing its need for water and chemicals.
A pending patent, filed for by two researchers at the University of Georgiaπs Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, could reduce cleanup costs by millions of dollars at U.S. Department of Energy facilities across the country and make the most commonly used groundwater remediation technology process much more effective.
The 25 million acres of land entrusted to the U.S. military may now benefit from more than 50 years of study in conservation and land management. A new 500-page publication called ≥Conserving Biodiversity on Military Lands: A Handbook for Natural Resource Managers≤ is now available for the U.S. Department of Defense. The bookπs publication is due in part to the efforts of Dr. Gary Meffe, a senior research ecologist with the University of Georgiaπs Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He wrote the book with Michele Leslie, Jeffrey Hardesty and Diane Adams, all with The Nature Conservancy.
This spring will mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Energy's designation of the Savannah River Site as the nation's first National Environmental Research Park. A publication out this week celebrates the occasion with colorful photographs and important information on what has been accomplished in the past quarter of a century.
A relatively new theory that may better enable scientists to predict the effects of pollution and contamination on the environment will be discussed at a symposium at the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory from Jan. 20-23.
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