Grand Valley State University: Young Turtles That are Focus of Collaborative Conservation Effort Faring Well So Far
December 17, 2020
December 17, 2020
ALLENDALE, Michigan, Dec. 17 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news:
On a recent hike at a Barry County nature preserve, a team that included Grand Valley biologist Jennifer Moore and her research partner from John Ball Zoo searched for signs that nine Eastern box turtles who were given a head start on survival as hatchlings were behaving as they should in the wild.
What they found: Nine turtles, burrowed nicely into the ground for the winter, said M . . .
On a recent hike at a Barry County nature preserve, a team that included Grand Valley biologist Jennifer Moore and her research partner from John Ball Zoo searched for signs that nine Eastern box turtles who were given a head start on survival as hatchlings were behaving as they should in the wild.
What they found: Nine turtles, burrowed nicely into the ground for the winter, said M . . .