This gruesome discovery of nearly 150 dead turtles is a warning for the future

Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...
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Scientist's gruesome discovery of 150 dead turtles serves as serious warning for the future

Scientists have discovered over 100 dead turtles in Canada, and its implications for our future aren’t great. From smashed shells to dismembered turtles, Carleton University biologist, Gregory Bulté ...
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At risk but holding on: Northern map turtles are still common in this eastern Ontario lake

Grégory Bulté, an Ottawa-area biologist, holds a map turtle shell that shows the distinctive 'map' pattern that gives the turtle its name. (Dan Taekema/CBC - image credit) The northern map turtle is ...
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Learning about how map turtles hibernate might help protect a vulnerable species

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grégory Bulté has been researching map turtles at Opinicon Lake since 2003. Northern map turtles are considered a Species of ...
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Along the Missouri river banks, one turtle thrived while the other declined

Two activities—harvesting turtles for food and riverside development—in Southern Missouri sharply reduced the number of northern map turtles in one river. When that happened, a longtime competitor ...
The Conversation

Northern map turtles survive cold winter conditions by staying active under ice

Jessica Robichaud received funding from Carleton University, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund Small ...