Stalking the rare painted rocksnail
April 12, 2018 | 6 minute readCalhoun County, Alabama — Biologists Nathan Whelan and Paul Johnson weren’t sure what they’d find when they launched their boat on that balmy Alabama morning. Whelan, a biologist currently serving as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s regional geneticist for the Southeast Region, was updating a scientific manuscript on the painted rocksnail, and needed the most recent information on its current range. The painted rocksnail is a rather cryptic-looking small-to-medium sized freshwater snail with yellowish-brown coloring. Learn more...
Ohatchee creek, a tributary of the Coosa River in Alabama. Photo by Paul Johnson, ADCNR.