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Mudpuppies: The Winter Salamander

ByKiley Briggs
January 4, 2023

With each trip in and out of the snow encrusted river, layer upon layer of ice built up on my waders… Many passersby asked what we were doing, and none correctly guessed we were looking for giant aquatic salamanders.

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Making Roads Friendlier to Wildlife

ByKiley Briggs
December 7, 2022

Views:410 views Roads, both big and small, pose a serious threat to wildlife all over the world. From…

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The Turtle Timescale – Conservation Across Centuries

ByKiley Briggs
November 14, 2022

Due to their long lifespans, a turtle species can become functionally extinct while just a handful of survivors live in isolation for decades, possibly more than a century.

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The Texas Tortoise

ByKiley Briggs
October 7, 2022

Gopher and Desert Tortoises are fairly well known, but a fourth tortoise species native to the United States flies under the radar; the Texas Tortoise.

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Baby Turtles

ByKiley Briggs
September 11, 2022

This nest wasn’t just special because it belonged to a Wood Turtle; it belonged to Miranda, a Wood Turtle who was hit by a car and nearly died several years earlier.

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Rattlesnakes: Reputation vs. Reality

ByKiley Briggs
August 3, 2022

While it is true they are venomous and that a bite from a rattlesnake is potentially life threatening, they aren’t out there looking for people to chase and are actually fairly docile animals.

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More than just camouflage: relationships between snake patterns and behaviors.

ByKiley Briggs
July 12, 2022

Have you ever wondered why some snakes have stripes, others are banded or spotted, and some are uniform in color? It isn’t always clear why an animal is patterned or colored one way or another, but nature is rarely random…

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Rehab Wood Turtle

ByKiley Briggs
June 7, 2022

A young male Wood Turtle that was hit by a car last summer, patched up by our vet, and later released with small radio transmitter, survived his first winter since his injury and is in great health.