This week features a guest post from Senior Field Conservationist John Berkholtz highlighting our newest Blanding’s turtle field site, which was introduced in a separate blog post last summer. Late summer is a time when our Field Conservation Staff can … Continued
Zoo New England has conservation partners all across the region. Many of them are towns, schools, or state agencies. In rare circumstances, a private landowner with a keen interest in conservation partners with us to protect wildlife on their property. … Continued
This year we have continued our efforts of trapping for headstarts at Great Meadows. However, our goal has shifted in the target headstarts we are hoping to capture this field season. Last year we had been focusing on all headstarts, … Continued
We often talk about protecting turtle nests, but how does it actually happen? Finding a turtle nest is no mean feat; the animals work hard to hide their nesting activity, because many other animals would like nothing better than a … Continued
Part 1: Telling them Apart This is the first of a two-part series on sex determination in turtles – a fascinating and varied process with big implications for protecting rare species. Dr. Bryan Windmiller breaks it all down for us: … Continued