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The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by ...
Built in 1885, the Mud House Mu­se­um in Av­o­cat gives vis­i­tors an in­sight in­to the past of how ear­ly set­tlers lived in the area and a part of East In­di­an his­to­ry. ... The paper started ...
Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a loss of habitat and road-related mortalities.
Southeastern mud turtle. Southeastern mud turtles are small, usually just 3 or 4 inches long. They dwell mainly on the bottom of shallow, slow-moving bodies of freshwater, ...
All of Iowa’s turtles, other than painted turtles and red-eared sliders, are identified in Iowa’s State Wildlife Action Plan as species of greatest conservation need. Blanding’s turtles, ornate box ...
Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a loss of habitat and road-related mortalities, according to the Iowa ...
Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo by Iowa DNR) Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a ...
DNR partnered with Blank Park Zoo and Iowa State University to raise and release nearly 60 Blanding’s turtles back into the Iowa landscape. The group released the turtles into the wild June 4..
Certain species of snapping turtle are listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service which identified habitat loss, commercial and recreational fishing and nest predation as factors ...
Her goal is to expand this work and apply these techniques to all 32 mud volcanoes in Trinidad. However, significant funding and institutional support are needed. “Right now, we have no funding ...
EVERY year, an average of 12 dead turtles wash ashore on Trinidad’s north coast. This, according to president of the Las Cuevas Eco Friendly Association Tours (LCEFAT) Arlene Williams, who said ...
In November 2024, agents discovered a package of 12 exotic turtles, which the Wildlife Bureau identified as Japanese pond turtles and scorpion mud turtles, being smuggled by a passenger coming ...