Week 1: We Smarshed It
Week Overview: We survived our first week of the summer field season! The week was full of ups (catching turtles) and downs (falling in the marsh). We finished the week with a total of [...]
Week 1: Telemetry Tells a Story
Lake County has finished our first week in the field... and I think we can call it a success! We caught and sampled 16 Blanding's turtles, 2 painted turtles, and a snapping turtle this week, [...]
What Can a Shell Still Tell Us?
Recently in the field, we encountered numerous turtle shells left behind from previous mortality events. While these discoveries can initially feel discouraging, they also represent an important opportunity for wildlife disease surveillance. Even when soft [...]
Meet The Cook county Aquatics turtles team
Hey All, We're supper excited to start this season off of aquatic turtles in cook county on Monday with snakes... But the rest of the week we'll start to develop new skills and dust off [...]
Meet The Cook county Aquatic turtles team
Hey All, We're supper excited to start this season off of aquatic turtles in cook county on Monday with snakes... But the rest of the week we'll start to develop new skills and dust off [...]
Meet the 2026 Kane County Aquatics Team
Shell We Begin? Meet Grace! Hello! My name is Grace, I just finished my second year of veterinary school at the U of I (halfway done!) and am very excited to be back in the [...]