This suburban ball field is home-base for a small population of wood turtles. The wood turtles live in the woods (of course) and stream nearby, but come up into the lawn next to the ball field to lay their eggs. … Continued
Like all animals, food availability is crucial to the quality of Blanding’s turtle habitat. Particularly for our head started juveniles, a fast growth rate and large shell size is key to avoiding predation. We noticed that some of our sites … Continued
Every summer for five years now, ZNE conservation biologist have wadered up and trekked out into the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University ponds to survey their biodiversity. To learn more about how this collaboration began and our first years of … Continued