SRESFS Students at Carolina Wildlands
On June 27th and 28th, we were delighted to host Dr. Joniqua Howard, Dr. Warner Ithier-Guzman, and their students from the Savannah River Environmental [...]
Searching for Salamanders
Chamberlin Dwarf Salamanders People tend to associate winter with the death of plants and lack of wildlife but that could [...]
Nighttime Insect Study
Our youngest member the Carolina Wildlands team is Dillon Cooper. He us joined this summer after graduating from Chesterfield High School. He came [...]
Small Mammal Research Project
Francis Marion University Students: Eleanor Rosenberry, Morgan Warner, Kimberly Baskins, Nakayla Garner, Clay Tiller. In Fall 2022, the first cohort of Carolina Wildlands [...]
Droning On
DJ Phantom Drone When your field lab covers more than 1,500 acres, tracking plant communities can be tedious [...]
Slow and Steady Wins the Race, unless….
If you were lucky enough to have Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” read to you at a young age, then you [...]
A Sense of Wonder: Celebrating Our First Cohort of Field Biology Interns
The great naturalist and author Rachel Carson wrote about the sense of wonder we are all gifted with as children, and her hope [...]
When a Farm Pond Isn’t Just a Farm Pond
Around here, farm ponds are about as common as pickup trucks. Most were constructed in the 1900’s as water sources for livestock and/or [...]
Regional Guidebooks Now Available On-line
We are in the process of compiling guidebooks and pamphlets featuring the Carolina Slate Belt’s specific species and unique features. Our first two [...]
Moths: Unusually Beautiful Hidden Creatures
Yes, there are folks who spend their nights behind the bright lights watching for moths. We had no idea that there were so [...]
