Chasing Water: Finding Spotted Turtles in a Drought
Andrea Colton
As drought grips the Southeast, Andrea searches shrinking wetlands for elusive Spotted Turtles and the wildlife still hanging on.
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A Spotted Turtle Homecoming: A Year of Nest Monitoring, Hatchling Growth, and Conservation Science
Ben Stegenga
Views:199 views The Bittersweet End of a Spotted Turtle Field Season Wrapping up a field project can…
Seeing Spots in South Carolina: Early Season Success Trapping Spotted Turtles
Views:200 views Spot 1 First Week in South Carolina Last Spotted Turtle trapping season, I spent most of…
Spotted Turtle Telemetry & Nest Monitoring
Views:199 views https://youtu.be/Ez1ltHLNRUA Since March, Ben and Kira have been working hard tracking Spotted Turtles and protecting nests…
Sunshine State Site Scouting
Views:128 views Coastal marsh just outside the tree line containing wetlands more appropriate for Spotted Turtle trapping. Monday…
New Published Research: Spotted Turtles, Ghosts of the Swamp
Houston Chandler
Views:568 views An especially colorful Spotted Turtle caught during surveys in Florida. – Jonathan Mays Few Spotted Turtle…
A Week of Scouting for Spotted Turtles
Views:142 views An adult Pine Woods Treefrog found while surveying for sites. – Andrea Colton Monday I started…
New Published Research: Population Genetics of the Spotted Turtle
One component of our long-term work with Spotted Turtles in the southeastern U.S. has been to collect tissue samples from captured Spotted Turtles so we can examine the genetics of focal populations. The results from this research were recently published in the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology.