The Big Night 2020

Greg LeClair, Ecology and Environmental Science, University of Maine Hi everyone! My name is Greg LeClair and I’m the project creator of The Big Night – Maine Amphibian Migration Monitoring. This is a community science project focused on protecting and collecting data on amphibians as they cross roads during their [...]

The Big Night 20202023-01-30T20:35:32+00:00

Subarctic Wood Frogs! A Summer Spent in Churchill, Manitoba

Thomas Hastings, Graduate Assistant, Appalachian State University Polar bears spotted near the coast of Hudson Bay. (Photo: Thomas Hastings) After working with wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) for several years in Maine, I decided to continue my studies with this species at the northern extant of their range. Last summer, [...]

Subarctic Wood Frogs! A Summer Spent in Churchill, Manitoba2020-09-01T19:51:37+00:00

Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project – Part 2

Scott Lindemann, Master of Wildlife Conservation Student, University of Maine Both summer and our summer fieldwork are fully underway now. Our project has been running and collecting data more or less continuously since May 25, and we’ve got a lot of exciting data to show for it. Some of the more interesting observations [...]

Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project – Part 22019-04-30T14:36:41+00:00

Ecologists Emerge with Spring Rains…

Aram Calhoun, Professor of Wetland Ecology, University of Maine Kristine Hoffmann, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Maine Warm spring rains (following what seemed to be an extra long winter) brought out not only wood frogs and salamanders but also vernal pool ecologists. In March, April, and May, Aram Calhoun, Elizabeth Hertz, and Kris [...]

Ecologists Emerge with Spring Rains…2019-04-30T14:36:42+00:00

Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project

Aidan O’Brien searching a clearcut for Mink Frog Scott Lindemann, Master of Wildlife Conservation Student, University of Maine This summer will bring with it an exciting new project from the Hunter/Calhoun lab—we’ll be working once again on the Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project, in coordination with the Maine Department [...]

Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project2019-04-30T14:36:42+00:00
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