The early discoveries of the fungus in Illinois put the state in an unusual ... feet and shell of Blanding’s turtles, painted turtles, common snapping turtles, red-eared sliders, eastern box ...

documented the nesting times and sex ratio of painted turtle hatchlings on a small island in the Mississippi river in Carroll County, Illinois. He found that females can shift their nesting dates ...

CHICAGO -- A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hopes for ...