Journalism in the Americas

Take a Peek into What the Turtles Have Been Up To While They’re Away From the Turtle Pond

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 ...
Journalism in the Americas

Turtle Pond Offers Research Site for Undergraduates

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 ...
Yahoo

Turtles abandoned at Central Coast pond are being relocated — to SLO County reptile rescue

While the Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden is known for its so-called “turtle pond,” the Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation Department decided to remove and relocate the turtles to provide them with a ...
JD Supra

Western Pond Turtle Listing Will Impact Land and Water Managers Throughout the Western U.S.

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 ...
redandblack.comOpinion

GUEST COLUMN: Observations on UGA’s cutest turtle: The stinkpot

A rotund turtle with an extra-long neck and short legs bumbled across the bottom of the Mary Kahrs Warnell Garden turtle pond ...
Reading Eagle

Nolde Forest looks to repair beloved Painted Turtle Pond after damage from Tropical Storm Ida

After the remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through Berks County it looked like someone pulled a plug and let the water out of Painted Turtle Pond at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center. All ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Rescued pond turtles take shelter at San Diego Zoo

A cluster of pond turtles threatened by mudslides in the aftermath of the Bobcat Fire are taking sanctuary at the San Diego Zoo. “We are happy to make a home for these pond turtles until their home in ...
Center for Biological Diversity

SAVING WESTERN POND TURTLES

“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 ...
E&E

‘Wary’ pond turtles are now in the clamorous ESA arena

The Fish and Wildlife Service has already received a lot of input on its proposal to list two species of turtles as threatened. Fish and Wildlife Service proposals to protect two species of western ...
Yahoo

A turtle crossing in a Connecticut dry cleaner helps painted turtle moms lay eggs and hatchlings to reach a pond

A turtle outside of Best Cleaners.Courtesy of Jennifer Malon and Best Cleaners. A dry cleaning store in Connecticut has become a passageway for local turtles. Female turtles cross from a local pond ...
Boston.com

Body of 19-year-old missing swimmer recovered in Hyde Park’s Turtle Pond

Around 5:46 p.m. Thursday, Massachusetts State Police shared that units responded to reports of a missing swimmer in Turtle Pond. Two hours later, police tweeted that the body of a 19-year-old Boston ...