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Vicky L. Sutton-Jackson

Raccoon eating garbage

 Wildlife May 25, 2022

Scavengers, such as raccoons, can be picky eaters

small tortoise walking on rocky ground right next to a tree

 Wildlife March 28, 2022

SREL team captures desert tortoise conservation award

Tracey Tuberville holds a desert tortoise in the Mojave National Preserve in California. (Photo by Mark Peaden)

 Wildlife December 09, 2021

Tuberville receives Christine Stevens Wildlife Award

A heron flies over a lake at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL)

 Environment October 20, 2021

DOE renews $34M cooperative agreement with SREL

vulture resting on metal fence

 Wildlife October 07, 2021

Vultures prefer roosting near civilization

turkey tail mushroom

 Environment September 23, 2021

Scenes from the Savannah River Site

photo of a Japanese rat snake crossing a rural road in the Fukushima

 Ecology July 20, 2021

Using snakes to monitor Fukushima radiation

photo of a brown watersnake

 Wildlife May 19, 2021

Mercury decreased in brown watersnakes, study reveals

photo of wetlands

 Environment November 25, 2020

Scientist advises caution before using advanced aquatic monitoring tool

a photo of a hatching gopher tortoise

 Wildlife October 30, 2020

Tortoise relocation proves to be effective for conservation