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Could Turtles Live Forever if it Weren’t for Humans?

  • April 13, 2023
  • by April Overall
Retinol. Microneedling. Red light therapy. A nip here. A tuck there. We go above and beyond to keep ourselves looking young. But for turtles, they come by the elixir of…
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Down By The Bay: Releasing Blanding’s Turtle Hatchlings Near My House

  • August 29, 2022
  • by Annie Bélair
A Little Help for 15 Little Friends I’ve been working for the Canadian Wildlife Federation for a few years now. I’m quite familiar with our freshwater turtle conservation program and…
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Is It Safe to Swim With Snapping Turtles?

  • July 15, 2022
  • by Mackenzie Burns
We’ve all heard the stories. (Cue spooky voice) “Snapping Turtles can grow to massive sizes, with jaws strong enough to bite through a broom handle — or worse — your…
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Getting WILD Outside With CWF’s Turtle Team

  • June 27, 2022
  • by CWF
On a blustery Saturday afternoon in early May 2022, 10 WILD Outside Ottawa participants came to the Canadian Wildlife Federation headquarters in Kanata and decorated our sidewalks with some amazing…
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Why Did the Blanding’s Turtle Cross the Road?

  • June 15, 2022
  • by Mackenzie Burns
The Blanding’s Turtle is undoubtedly one of our favourite freshwater turtle species. It has often been touted as something of a posterchild for turtle conservation efforts in and around the…
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How to Take Better Turtle Observations on iNaturalist Canada

  • May 18, 2022
  • by David Seburn
iNaturalist is a great platform for recording observations of plants and animals. To date, over 140,000 people in Canada have submitted more than seven million observations to iNaturalist of upwards…
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How Do Freshwater Turtles Survive a Canadian Winter?

  • January 3, 2022
  • by David Seburn
Many birds fly south to avoid the long, cold Canadian winter. Turtles don’t have that option. They also can’t remain active in winter because they are ectotherms (cold-blooded), hence their…
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Eastern Ontario’s Own Turtle Island

  • September 15, 2021
  • by CWF
Even during the pandemic, the Friends of Petrie Island (FOPI) turtle conservation initiatives continued. Petrie Island — located in Orleans (East end of Ottawa) — was purchased in the late…
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Studying Boating Threats to Northern Map Turtles

  • August 24, 2021
  • by Mackenzie Burns
The Canadian Wildlife Federation Turtle Team spends a lot of our time focusing on the Blanding’s Turtle. This is an Endangered species, but it is by no means the only…
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Saving Turtles, One Egg at a Time

  • July 20, 2021
  • by David Seburn
Protecting a turtle’s nest is an investment in the future. Each protected nest represents turtles that may reach adulthood 10 or even 20 years into the future. Each unprotected nest…
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