Magdalena River Turtle
Tracy Karplus
The Magdalena River Turtle (Podocnemis lewyana) is a Colombian endemic classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Turtle
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New Published Research: Landscape Structure and Turtle Communities
Houston Chandler
This month, I take a look at a recently published paper that leverages the large dataset built over several field seasons to examine how landscape characteristics influence abundance in freshwater turtle communities.
Our first few weeks of Wood Turtle surveys in the Hudson-Berkshire region
Kiley Briggs
Getting to the stream proved to be a challenge – dense thickets of thorny shrubs stood between me and the river, tearing at my legs every step of the way, halting my progress, and forcing me to backtrack several times.
Wood Turtles
Despite their bright orange legs, Wood Turtles can be difficult to spot. – Kiley Briggs “I’ve lived here…
Spotted Turtle
“On a sunny day back in mid-April, I was hiking through one of Virginia’s remaining pond-pine pocosin wetlands…
Long Live the Turtles!
DOUBLE YOUR TURTLE CONSERVATION INVESTMENT NOW! The world is facing an urgent threat – over 60% of turtle…
Blanding’s Turtle
An endangered female Blanding’s turtle in a Massachusetts vernal pool. I took a risk taking this shot, but thankfully I was able to pull it off by just dipping the front end of my fisheye lens under the surface of the water.
The Turtle Timescale – Conservation Across Centuries
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.