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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Red & Black

Turtle dumping: UGA’s ‘turtle pond’ inhabitants risked euthanization

John Maerz, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, knew there were non-native turtles in the Mary Kahrs Warnell ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Two West Coast Pond Turtles Proposed for Endangered Species Protections

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect northwestern and southwestern pond ...