What a week! This was a trap week, and we had some wild stuff happening. We caught plenty of turtles, and even a few Blanding's that have never been caught before! We gave them ID's [...]

This week the Walder team visited Lake County’s field site where Varun Seth and Marg Bednarek track Blanding’s turtles. On the first day out with the team, Sam Johnson (Walder Foundation research A victory [...]

Hello turtle-loving humans! Thank you for your interest in the Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory’s (WEL) participation in the Walder Foundation. The focus of this research is to understand infectious disease epidemiology at the community level, so [...]

And just like that, our first week of the season has come to and end and boy has it been an adventure. We started off the week with the amazing Dr. Laura and Sam helping [...]

Hello Turtle Friends and Welcome to the first official post of the 2023 Kane County Turtle Field Season blog! This blog is brought to you by your friendly neighborhood vet students Surina and Nick.   [...]

Hello and welcome to the Cook County blog -- where we will be sharing our summer field-work adventures with you! School is out, finals are over, and field season is in full swing! This week [...]