Winter arrived Friday and Monday is Christmas Eve. While we’ll be snug in our beds, anxiously waiting for Santa to arrive, the season of ice and snow can be quite different for wild animals, ...
In an unusual first for Iowa, uniquely-trained dogs from Montana will converge upon Johnson County this spring to round up a rare turtle species for a wildlife conservation project of Iowa City-based ...
Spring and summer are when wildlife agencies and rehabilitation centers receive the bulk of calls from people concerned about the health of wildlife. Those calls generally revolve around songbirds, ...
Predators use visual and olfactory cues to locate turtle nests. Since 1999, we marked Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) nests at a long-term study site by inserting ...
Look beyond the western painted turtle’s colorful stripes and you’ll find an animal that seems to have nearly magical powers. A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing ...
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The painted turtle is the most abundant turtle in North America. Four regional subspecies exist; although their ranges overlap and border populations interbreed, the subspecies differ in appearance, ...
The Pacific Northwest has two native freshwater turtles, the Western painted turtle and the Western pond turtle. The pond turtle, found on the West Side, is state-listed as endangered in Washington.
Most of us have probably heard the symbolic tale of the race between the slow and steady tortoise and the fast, but overconfident, hare. While the lessons at the heart of this fable may serve as good ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Clove Lakes Park is home to at least three species of turtles. The eastern painted turtle and red-eared slider are often seen on rocks and logs, basking in the sun. While ...
“Oh, Ivy, let me start by saying that I have loved turtles as far back as I can remember.” This was the initial response I received when I asked my grandmother, my nana, Morea Bradley, what she could ...
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Police find drugs, poached abalone and turtle in Northern California traffic stop
A routine traffic stop in Northern California turned into an environmental crime investigation after police discovered 35 ...
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