New Video Highlights Reptile and Amphibian Research

J.D. Willson, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, inspects a ribbon snake at Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary in Fayetteville.
Photo by Russell Cothren

J.D. Willson, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, inspects a ribbon snake at Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In a new Research Frontiers video, University of Arkansas biologist J.D. Willson and his graduate students search for reptiles and amphibians at Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary on the outskirts of Fayetteville. Willson’s research group has found rare species in the restored prairie wetland, such as the Graham’s crayfish snake and the crawfish frog.

You can find out more about the research in a recent story.

Field Notes is a new feature that follows U of A researchers and students in archeology, anthropology, astrophysics, biology, engineering, ecology, geology and more as they conduct field research around the globe this summer.

To learn more about research at the University of Arkansas, visit researchfrontiers.uark.edu.

Contacts

Chris Branam, research communications writer/editor
University Relations
479-575-4737, cwbranam@uark.edu

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