A new long-running project allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience with ecological research in the heart of the UT Austin campus. Assistant Professor Justin Havird oversees the ...
As students prepare to go on break, the turtles are away from the main campus, too. As cooler weather quickly approaches, students will soon be going on fall break, taking time away from the hustle ...
“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...
They’re famously slow. They’re also omnivorous, eating everything from insects and aquatic plants to carrion. And they are willing to stick their necks out each and every day, despite a host of ...
Western pond turtle photo by James Bettaso, USFWS. This photo is available for media use. “This new study shows the western pond turtle is even rarer than we thought,” said Collette Adkins Giese, a ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under the ...
Steve Upesleja swears the creature he sees swimming in the stormwater pond outside of his balcony is a green sea turtle. Upesleja, a resident of Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Club, said he originally ...
WEST LINN, Ore. -- To really appreciate the art and the heart of Jan Rimerman, you have to start with her turtles. “Baryshnikov is a Russian Tortoise and he’s quite sassy,” Jan said holding up the ...
An employee first spotted the turtle in the koi pond. It was Saturday night inside the Wilbur D. May Museum in Reno. No bigger than a small hand, the shelled creature was there –– tentatively, by all ...
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