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Graduate student Julia Joos, collaborates with TESF biologists Chris Wiese and Scott Hillard for a portion of her PhD work that involves bolson tortoises in New Mexico.
Ohio University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Julia Joos studies the thermal ecology of North American tortoises to gain a better understanding of how tortoises cope with hotter and drier environments caused by climate change. By...
Mike Phillips offers his thoughts on the Colorado wolf reintroduction project, his work throughout the years, and the state of wolves and our natural world as it stands today.
https://thewolfconnection.buzzsprout.com/1081496/8055209-episode-32-mike-phillips-colorado-wolf-reintroduction
A mountain lion prowls for prey in the snowy Fra Cristobal Mountains on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico.
A hybrid tortoise is basking in front of one of the several burrows we started for them at the Ladder Ranch.
Ladder Tortugarium: A sanctuary for hybrid tortoises In 2019, volunteers and staff from several Turner entities (Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF), Ted Turner Reserves (TTR), and the Ladder Ranch) teamed up to build two ~1 acre tortoise holding pens at Ladder...
Gertie, the Bolson tortoise weighs 26 pounds and is at least 60 years old.
The critically endangered Bolson tortoise is the largest North American land reptile. Its closest living relative is the gopher tortoise of the southeastern US, while the desert tortoises of the desert southwest are more distant cousins. Bolson tortoises occupied much...
True Wild: The Real Story Of Wolves On Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch. By Mountain Journal.
All, Recently, we collaborated with Mountain Journal, an important outlet for journalism about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (www.mountainjournal.org), to develop a short film entitled True Wild. True to its name, the film celebrates the majesty of the Flying D...
All of nature matters.
Someday the COVID-19 pandemic will be history. When it fades from daily consideration, imperiled species restoration will continue to stand as evidence of our ability to repair the natural world. Such reparations buoy faith in our ability to heal an...
Blanding’s turtle work on Turner Sandhills Ranches.
University of Nebraska-Kearney graduate student Ashley Forrester with a Blanding's turtle on Turner Sandhills Ranches. The Nebraska Sandhills are a stronghold for the turtle species that are declining elsewhere across its range. Ashley is looking to expand...
Mexican wolves released near Chihuahua, Mexico.
On November 5, two adult Mexican wolves and four pups were released in suitable habitat near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Prior to release the wolves had been removed from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and placed for a few months at the...
Graduate student Julia Joos, collaborates with TESF biologists Chris Wiese and Scott Hillard for a portion of her PhD work that involves bolson tortoises in New Mexico.
Ohio University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Julia Joos studies the thermal ecology of North American tortoises to gain a better understanding of how tortoises cope with hotter and drier environments caused by climate change. By...
Mike Phillips offers his thoughts on the Colorado wolf reintroduction project, his work throughout the years, and the state of wolves and our natural world as it stands today.
https://thewolfconnection.buzzsprout.com/1081496/8055209-episode-32-mike-phillips-colorado-wolf-reintroduction
A mountain lion prowls for prey in the snowy Fra Cristobal Mountains on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico.
A hybrid tortoise is basking in front of one of the several burrows we started for them at the Ladder Ranch.
Ladder Tortugarium: A sanctuary for hybrid tortoises In 2019, volunteers and staff from several Turner entities (Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF), Ted Turner Reserves (TTR), and the Ladder Ranch) teamed up to build two ~1 acre tortoise holding pens at Ladder...
Gertie, the Bolson tortoise weighs 26 pounds and is at least 60 years old.
The critically endangered Bolson tortoise is the largest North American land reptile. Its closest living relative is the gopher tortoise of the southeastern US, while the desert tortoises of the desert southwest are more distant cousins. Bolson tortoises occupied much...
True Wild: The Real Story Of Wolves On Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch. By Mountain Journal.
All, Recently, we collaborated with Mountain Journal, an important outlet for journalism about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (www.mountainjournal.org), to develop a short film entitled True Wild. True to its name, the film celebrates the majesty of the Flying D...
All of nature matters.
Someday the COVID-19 pandemic will be history. When it fades from daily consideration, imperiled species restoration will continue to stand as evidence of our ability to repair the natural world. Such reparations buoy faith in our ability to heal an...
Blanding’s turtle work on Turner Sandhills Ranches.
University of Nebraska-Kearney graduate student Ashley Forrester with a Blanding's turtle on Turner Sandhills Ranches. The Nebraska Sandhills are a stronghold for the turtle species that are declining elsewhere across its range. Ashley is looking to expand...
Mexican wolves released near Chihuahua, Mexico.
On November 5, two adult Mexican wolves and four pups were released in suitable habitat near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Prior to release the wolves had been removed from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and placed for a few months at the...