@franklinparkzoo: No soundtrack needed. Just the rustling, crunching and wonder of our natural world. Scuffle along with one of the season's first wood turtle tracked by our Field Conservation team. We have been monitoring small, isolated populations of wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) around eastern Massachusetts since 2012. The wood turtle was once the most common freshwater turtle in eastern Massachusetts. Now they are listed as a species of Special Concern in Massachusetts and listed as endangered on the IUCN redlist. We track wood turtles to better understand their movement patterns, habitat use, and survival rates. We're also protecting their nests from predators, and, where appropriate, headstarting hatchlings (raising juvenile hatchlings to a size where they are less vulnerable to predators). All in an effort to protect wildlife and wild places on Earth Day and every day. 🌎💚 More about our wood turtle conservation at ZooNewEngland.org. #EarthDay #WoodTurtle #conservation #ZooNewEngland #ASMR
