On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...
Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles. The 7 acres of maritime forest are slated to become Solomon Park, a passive ...
Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and agricultural hazards. Researchers track turtles using radio telemetry and GPS loggers to map ...