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Celebrating 70 years of Environmental Stewardship at the Savannah Rive Site
Posted on Jul 9, 2021
EM Update Newsletter ( a publication of the Department of Energy) Vol 13, Issue 26 July 6, 2021 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory’s first graduate students collect samples at the former Savannah River Plant, now called the Savannah River Site. AIKEN, S.C. – The University of Georgia’s (UGA) Savannah River...
SRS’ salamander study results in a Guinness World Record
Posted on Jan 31, 2020
Anthony CarpinoWRDW Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2019News 12 First at 5 O'Clock SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SC (WRDW/WAGT) -- After wetlands were filled in at the Savannah River Site, studies were conducted to figure out the impact on wildlife like the salamander. Officially started in 1978, the study has...
9 Years Later, Furry Friends—and Foes—Are Returning to Fukushima Few of them seem to miss the missing humans.
Posted on Jan 30, 2020
The species that showed the [greatest resurgence] are those most often in contact with people,” says James Beasley, a wildlife biologist at the University of Georgia’ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the lead author of the new paper, published in the Journal of Frontiers in...
JUST LIKE CHERNOBYL, WILDLIFE IS THRIVING AT FUKUSHIMA ALMOST A DECADE AFTER NUCLEAR DISASTER
Posted on Jan 27, 2020
"Based on these studies it is clear that if there are any health-related impacts from exposure, they are not manifesting in widespread impacts to populations of these species," Beasley told Newsweek. ...
Vanishing turtles and illegal wildlife trading. Can new rules save SC’s reptiles?
Posted on Jan 21, 2020
Buhlmann, Gibbons and others say protecting native reptiles is needed because the animals help maintain the balance of nature in South Carolina. The loss of some species can affect the health of other species. The state now has some restrictions on the collection and sale...
Rare wild horses are seen living among abandoned homes in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after scientists set up hidden cameras
Posted on Nov 1, 2019
The horses were recorded 35 times at nine of the ten monitored structures during winter, and 149 times at all eight monitored structures over the summer by experts at the University of Georgia in the US....
Chernobyl shocker as endangered wild horses take up residence in the Exclusion Zone
Posted on Oct 31, 2019
Researchers also discovered a number of other species in the CEZ during the summer, including brown hare, red deer, moose, wild boar, red fox and raccoon dogs. Also spotted were Eurasian lynx, wolves and several avian and bat species....
Ecology lab’s annual Touch an Animal Day welcomes hundreds in Aiken
Posted on Aug 27, 2019
Touch an Animal Day stayed true to its name Saturday....
This year’s Touch An Animal Day moving to Odell Weeks in Aiken
Posted on Aug 23, 2019
This year’s Touch An Animal Day event will feature edible plants, and attendees will have the chance to ask graduate students, conducting research at SREL, questions....