Injured Wood Turtle Goes Home a Year Later
Kiley Briggs
Views:66 views When young Jackson found a Wood Turtle with his family, broken on the side of a…
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A Year in the Life of a Wood Turtle
Explore the fascinating year-long journey of the Wood Turtle, from winter hibernation to summer foraging, and discover how their seasonal behaviors influence conservation efforts. Learn how understanding their movement patterns can guide land management practices to protect this threatened species.
Sunshine State Site Scouting
Andrea Colton
Views:106 views Coastal marsh just outside the tree line containing wetlands more appropriate for Spotted Turtle trapping. Monday…
An Approach to Saving Wood Turtles on Working Lands
Views:136 views Common Injuries Among Wood Turtles When I first came across a Wood Turtle nicknamed “Chippy”, she…
Searching for a Wood Turtle Focus Area in the Hudson-Berkshire Region
Views:179 views When we started surveys for Wood Turtles in southeastern New York last year, I wasn’t sure…
New Published Research: Spotted Turtles, Ghosts of the Swamp
Houston Chandler
Views:412 views An especially colorful Spotted Turtle caught during surveys in Florida. – Jonathan Mays Few Spotted Turtle…
How Do Severe Floods Impact Wood Turtles?
Out of all the turtles native to New England, I suspect Wood Turtles are the species most directly impacted by extreme floods. As valley stream specialists, the rivers most prone to extreme floods are the same rivers where Wood Turtles thrive.
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.