documenting, studying & conserving subterranean ecosystems
A team of researchers returned to southern Belize during the Spring of 2012 (27 April-10 May) continuing documentation of cave life of this region. Several caves were visited for the first time by biologists, and others were revisited to obtain additional material needed for ongoing new species descriptions.
The work was funded by individual donors to SEI, as well as a grant from the National Speleological Foundation.
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A new species of cricket has been described from specimen collected during Subterranean Ecology Institute 2011 Expedition to Belize. Read the scientific paper describing new species.
The Subterranean Ecology Institute is most pleased to announce that we are receiving a grant from the National Speleological Foundation in support of our 2012 fieldwork in Belize (see our projects page).
The Subterranean Ecology Institute produced its’ first Annual Report, which is available for download.
The final report Subterranean Ecology Institute’s 2011 expedition to southern Belize is now available for download.
The Subterranean Ecology Institute is presented findings froum our 2011 field work in Belize at the annual meeting of the National Speleological Society. The presentation was titled “The cave fauna of Toledo District of Belize: a preliminary assessment.”
The Subterranean Ecology Institute is proud to announce the availability of a slide show covering our recent expedition to southern Belize. Click on our projects page – within the slide show you can click in the lower right to make it display full screen.
The Subterranean Ecology Institute is most pleased to announce that we are receiving a grant from the National Speleological Foundation in support of our 2011 fieldwork in Belize (see our projects page). This grant will help us document subterranean ecosystems of Belize and to work with Belizian government agencies in support of management of their cave resources and to provide information for outreach and education to local guides and others. We will be reporting back to the funding agency via a presentation at the National Speleological Society Convention and/or article in the US national caving magazine, The NSS News.