A Spotted Turtle Homecoming: A Year of Nest Monitoring, Hatchling Growth, and Conservation Science
Ben Stegenga
Views:196 views The Bittersweet End of a Spotted Turtle Field Season Wrapping up a field project can…
An Unexpected Salamander
Views:264 views Winter Wetlands For those who know me, it’s no secret that autumn and winter are my…
Technician Spotlight: Kira Cates on Spotted Turtle Telemetry, Nesting, and Babies
Views:364 views Spotted Turtle – Kira Cates It’s been a long, intense spring-and-summer Spotted Turtle field season, and…
Spotted Turtle Telemetry & Nest Monitoring
Views:196 views https://youtu.be/Ez1ltHLNRUA Since March, Ben and Kira have been working hard tracking Spotted Turtles and protecting nests…
Technician Spotlight: Emma Kendrick on Finding New Populations of Spotted Turtles in Georgia
On this technician spotlight, Emma Kendrick shares her field season highs and lows searching for elusive Spotted Turtles—and helping discover two new populations in Georgia.
Notes from an Alligator Den
Views:421 views The spring field season is in full swing now. Indigo snake surveys have been completely wrapped…
2025 The Year of the Wood Snake
Views:609 views Tropidophis melanurus – Photo by Jake Scott Happy Lunar New Year! Today marks the beginning of…
In a Hole in the Ground, There Lived a Tortoise…and So Much More.
It’s well known that Gopher Tortoises are a keystone species in the dry upland habitats of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. Over 350 species rely upon them or their burrows in some way, but what does that actually look like?