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How a Team Built a Huge Turtle Pond From the Ground Up

Building a massive indoor turtle pond is no small feat. This video captures the team’s progress through every stage, excavation, plumbing, sealing, and filling — while revealing the design choices ...
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Alligator snapping turtle found far from home in English pond, is promptly named Fluffy

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a ...
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Tiny turtle tykes making "themshellves" at home in the Oregon Zoo as part of endangered species program

PORTLAND, Ore. — Eleven tiny, endangered northwestern pond turtle babies have made their home in the Oregon Zoo - part of a program to help keep the little reptiles from getting eaten by invasive ...
Journalism in the Americas

Turtle Pond Offers Research Site for Undergraduates

A new long-running project allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience with ecological research in the heart of the UT Austin campus. Assistant Professor Justin Havird oversees the ...
Journalism in the Americas

Take a Peek into What the Turtles Have Been Up To While They’re Away From the Turtle Pond

As students prepare to go on break, the turtles are away from the main campus, too. As cooler weather quickly approaches, students will soon be going on fall break, taking time away from the hustle ...