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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — May 23 marks World Turtle Day, and at Nahant Marsh, conservationists are celebrating with purpose: by continuing a long-running research effort to protect one of the Midwest’s most ...

Ecologists from the Lake County Forest Preserves are testing an experimental treatment to protect Blanding’s turtles from a dangerous, potentially fatal fungal disease. In 2022, during routine health ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A partnership between the Blank Park Zoo, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Iowa State University is helping an endangered species of turtles in Iowa. The zoo announced ...

And because the Blanding’s turtle can live for as long as 20 years, some of the observed turtles may have simply been lone, long-lived turtles that were not part of a larger, reproducing population.

IOWA (KCCI) — In central Iowa, 56 Blanding’s turtle hatchlings were released into their natural habitat on Wednesday, marking the conclusion of a three-year collaborative project involving the Iowa ...

SNAPPING TURTLES are a common reptile in Iowa. Their scientific name is Chelydrda serpentina. Adults have a big head, a long ...

Two rare albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched at the offices of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, experts said. Jeffrey Eisen Unsplash Two “extremely rare” albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched in ...

One of the Blanding's turtles last strongholds is the Nebraska Sand Hills. A Blanding's turtle swims in a tank at UNL herpetologist Dennis Ferraro's lab. Blanding's turtles have relatively long tails ...

The baby Blanding's turtles returned to the wetlands with tiny transmitters Dozens of Blanding's turtles were released back into their natural wetland habitat on June 4 Iowa Department of Natural ...