July 2026

The Nature Conservancy (July 10) – Every spring for the past decade, Dr. Matt Allender has brought a team of researchers to survey Nachusa Grasslands’ ornate box turtle population. “There’s nobody who’s doing this kind…
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Chicago Tribune (July 12) It was in 2015 — when all the equipment he had fit in a tackle box and the only help he had was a part-time vet student — that [Matt] Allender, [a…
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KIRO-TV (with video; Seattle, July 12) — Over the past 15 years, a shell disease has emerged that is affecting more than 80% of the wild western pond turtle population. This disease causes shell lesions…
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First News (WCIA-TV; July 7) – A new University of Illinois study has found that tickborne diseases are being reported every month of the year in every county in Illinois. At the same time, data…
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News-Gazette (July 5) – Dr. Judilee Marrow, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital who specializes in treating zoological species, offers guidance for owners of pet birds on what things to keep…
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National Geographic (Washington, D.C., July 1) — The panic and disorientation that wildlife experience due to fireworks displays often result in traumatic injuries and even death. While many experts say these types of events are likely…
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