FRANKLIN GROVE -- In Northwestern Illinois near Franklin Grove, there sits 4,000 acres of the Nachusa Grasslands. On Wednesday, May 18, The Chicago Zoological Society led a team of University of ...
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Abby is a turtle. Not just any turtle, but an ornate box turtle, which is considered endangered. That’s why Deja Johnston, a student at SIUE, was so excited when she found Abby’s 18 friends living on ...
Dog handler John Rucker collects an ornate box turtle that one of his six Boykin spaniels located and brought to him May 6, 2021, at the Nachusa Grasslands in Lee County. John Rucker hunts for ornate ...
Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...
An ornate box turtle is seen through an archway during the exploration test of a Coe College trial. (Cameron Kolthoff/Coe College) Buy Photo Would you go sky diving? Strike up a conversation with a ...
FRANKLIN, Ill. — For nearly 50 years, the ornate box turtle has been endangered or threatened. Highly sought after as pets, they're even poached and traded on the black market. Conservationists are ...
With the help of Boykin spaniels who sniff out ornate box turtles hiding in prairie grass, researchers are able to monitor turtle health. They say the turtles are sentinels of environmental and ...
JOHNSON COUNTY — In a copse of trees in Johnson County, birdsong trilled over the sound of nearby cars on Monday. In this small patch of wilderness, hidden away behind houses and businesses, John ...
AND NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL STATE REP TIE WITH THE ORNATE BOX TURTLE. GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS GATHERED WITH STUDENTS TODAY TO SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 JUST JOSH KRISTIANTO IS THERE AND ...
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The ornate box turtle, the state reptile of Kansas, is the next topic of the Smoky Hill Museum First Thursday Presentation. "Kansas ornate box turtles ... and their Home on the range," begins at 5:30 ...
GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska has a new state reptile. Gov. Ricketts proclaimed the ornate box turtle as Nebraska’s official state reptile during a ceremony Friday hosted by the Nebraska Game and ...
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