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 ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Western Pond Turtle Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Protection

Western pond turtle photo courtesy California Department of Water Resources. This photo is available for media use. “The Endangered Species Act is the most powerful tool available to save western pond ...
SFGate

Study dials up western pond turtles

Editor's note: Because of production problems, some readers did not receive the complete version of this story in Tuesday's editions. Turtle No. 13 is pretty much like western pond turtles everywhere.
Santa Barbara Independent

Work at Turtle Pond Reaches Bottom

Turtles dug themselves deep into the mud while pumps whirred and drained a mucky slurry from the pond at Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens. Spencer Frasher, who’s been working at the pond almost daily, ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Western Pond Turtle More Critically Endangered Than Once Thought

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Western pond turtles getting a closer look

EAST COUNTYEAST COUNTY — Five rare Western pond turtles are going to be watched closely in the East County for the forseeable future. The Western pond turtles, listed as a “Species of Special Concern” ...
Oregonian

Western pond turtles get federal review for possible protection under Endangered Species Act -- science

Western pond turtles are native to Oregon and other parts of the West Coast. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced April 9, 2015, that it would review the turtles' status for possible ...
Hannah Feder on MSN

Baby turtles meet a guppy pond and the results aren’t what anyone expected

The video follows the introduction of new baby turtles into an established guppy pond. At first, the scene feels calm as the ...
komonews

Dozens of Western Pond turtles at Woodland Park Zoo to be released into protected wetlands

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists (WDFW) are preparing more than 35 Western Pond turtles for release in the wild. As part of the Western Pond ...
KRIS-TV

Ducks, Turtles affected as West Guth pond shrinks

The pond at West Guth Park is noticeably shrinking, revealing patches of mud, rock, and shallow pools where deeper water once ...