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- Bog turtle survey team discussing the turtles
- Similarity of Appearance (Threatened); Surveying; Reptiles; Partnerships; Work of the Service;
- The bog turtle is the smallest turtle in North America. The species is protected under the Endangered Species Act and faces great threats from both poaching and habitat degradation as the wetlands where they live have disappeared dramatically over...
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- Kemp's Ridley sea turtle kraals Playa Dos, Mexico
- Reptiles; Sea Turtle; Kemps; Kemp's Ridley; Mexico
- Jack Woody, USFWS-retired visits the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle kraals at Playa Dos, Tamaulipas, Mexico nesting beaches in June 2003.
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- Sea Turtle Kraals Rancho Nuevo, Mexico
- Reptiles; Sea Turtle; Kemps; Kemp's Ridley; Mexico
- View of the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle incubation kraal at Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Loggerhead Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking
- Loggerhead sea turtle satelitte tracking project; Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Loggerhead sea turtle satelitte tracking project Understanding where loggerheads nesting in the United States go after they leave the nesting beach, what routes they take to get there, and where the principle feeding areas are located will help us...
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- Loggerhead Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking
- Turtles; Loggerhead Sea Turtles; Loggerhead sea turtle satellite tracking
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- Beautiful Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, (Endangered species)..
- Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Coastal environments; Amphibians; Endangered species; Wildlife refuges;
- Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, (Endangered species), basks in the beach sun.
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- Box Turtle
- Reptiles;
- Close-up of box turtle.
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- Green sea turtle and volunteer
- Endangered species; Marine mammals; Volunteers;
- volunteer on the back of a green sea turtle
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- Blanding's Turtle
- Reptiles; Wildlife restoration; Youth; Wildlife refuges;
- Blanding's turtle hatchling in a student's hand at a Blanding's turtle head start program release, Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, MA.
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- Loggerhead Sea Turtle with Satellite Transmitter
- Turtles; Loggerhead Sea Turtles; Loggerhead sea turtle with satellite transmitter
- Loggerhead sea turtle with satellite transmitter at Archi Carr National Wildlife Refuge, FL.
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- Bog turtle affixed with radio transmitter
- Endangered species; Reptiles; Mountains; Radio telemetry;
- Bog turtle research;bog turtle; Endangered species; Reptiles; Clemmys muhlenbergii; Mountains bog species; Georgia; Blue Ridge Physiographic province; similarity of appearance; radio telemetry
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- Green sea turtle
- Reptiles; Aquatic animals; Threatened species;
- Green sea turtle crawling on sand
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- Ringed turtle dove
- Birds;
- A ringed turtle dove is photographed with its back to the camera.
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- Bog Turtle
- Reptiles;
- Bog turtle.
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- Baby Painted Turtle
- Reptiles;
- Underside of baby painted turtle at the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex, MA.
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- Snapping Turtle
- Reptiles; Wildlife refuges;
- Snapping turtle swimming at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, RI.
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- Snapping Turtle
- Reptiles; Wildlife refuges;
- Snapping turtle with open mouth at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, RI.
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- Sea turtle nest relocation
- Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Reptiles; Relocation;
- June 28, 2010 sea turtle nest relocation: Sea turtle eggs are very delicate. The temperature of the eggs can affect the sex of the turtle. Boys are cool, girls are warm. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS.
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- Map Turtle
- Connecting people with nature; Environmental education; Reptiles; Rivers and streams;
- Map Turtle Ready for Release back into the Wild
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- Bog turtle search
- Similarity of Appearance (Threatened); Surveying; Reptiles; Partnerships; Work of the Service;
- This image was taken at a Southern Appalachian bog in western North Carolina during a search for bog turtles conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and its volunteers. The bog turtle is...
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