Blanding’s turtles are marked with white paint as they are treated for a potential fungus on June 15, 2022, in Antioch. It could be a long time before a treatment will easily be available for ...

Now when female Blanding's turtles are ready to start laying eggs, usually in June, staff members take the animals to Willowbrook Wildlife Center so they can nest at the Glen Ellyn facility.

Female Blanding's turtles start laying eggs between 14 and 20 years old. They typically lay about 10 eggs at a time. And they can do so throughout their potentially long lives.

Increased number of predators consuming eggs from the nest ... Most states that Blanding's turtles call home have a few thousand left, except for Nebraska, which has a population of 130,000.

The Toronto Zoo has released 52 Blanding’s turtles into the Rouge National Urban Park, as part of a program to conserve ...

The young turtles were rescued as eggs along the path of the Mid-Michigan Pipeline Project. Consumers Energy announced they released 56 turtle hatchlings Sept. 7 back into natural wetland habitats.

Turtle hatchlings were released back into their natural wetland habitat Thursday after being rescued as eggs as part of Consumers Energy’s Mid-Michigan Pipeline Project.

DANSVILLE, Mich. – More than 50 turtle hatchlings were released into wetland habitats after being removed as eggs along the path of a pipeline project in Michigan. The 56 turtle hatchlings were ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4)- On Thursday, Consumers Energy released 56 turtle hatchlings back into natural wetland habitats after the juveniles were rescued as eggs along the path of the Mid ...

On World Turtle Day, Ritter hopes the spotlight on Blanding’s turtles will lead to greater awareness of the need for wetland conservation. “It’s so critically important to protect places ...

Blanding's turtles at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo will grow to be about 4 inches before they are released in the spring of 2025. The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural ...