“Steps involved in this wood turtle project include searching stream habitats to find wood turtles, tracking movement patterns . . . and identifying unoccupied areas where wood turtles might ...

Because of this life history, it can take a long time for wood turtle populations to recover from losses. Researchers need to count turtles often and over long periods of time to fully understand ...

MassWildlife is teaming with Zoo New England to launch the initiative, which includes searching stream habitats to find wood turtles, tracking movement patterns with radio telemetry, and ...

With his brow furrowed, Tom, 70, stomps on the damp leaf litter — thump, thump, thump, thump — and then we wait. A woodpecker cackles; bluebells tremble in the breeze. Stumpy is nowhere to be ...

Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

The wood turtle, a medium-sized reptile native to Vermont, is known for the striking orange coloring on its neck and the inside of its legs, creating a unique, easily recognizable pattern.

A Moncton group is working to save the threatened wood turtle, but says finding the elusive turtle can be almost as hard as finding funding for the research. Christine McLauchlan, the executive ...

But little Root the turtle does get around on his own set of wheels. The wood turtle came to live at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax last September. Unlike most turtles, Root is missing ...

April 28 (UPI) --Workers at the Museum of Natural History in Nova Scotia helped a resident wood turtle to walk more comfortably by building a custom mobility aid out of Lego pieces. The turtle ...