UT Austin Turtle Pond

02/25/2021

The turtles seemed to make it through the great Texas freeze of 2021. With the warmer temps they're out soaking up the heat and vitamin D. Post your turtle pics here. 🐢🐢

02/26/2020

RIP Peter Pritchard

Florida's famed turtle and tortoise conservationist lived in Oviedo, where his Chelonian Research Institute contains on of the largest collections of turtle and tortoise specimens.

02/13/2020

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/battle-scarred-fossils-suggest-giant-turtles-fought-each-other-and-crocodiles-three

New specimens reveal ancient giants once ranged across South America

09/18/2019

https://www.ted.com/talks/judy_cebra_thomas_how_turtle_shells_evolved_twice?language=en

Modern turtle shells are almost as diverse as the turtles themselves. Sea turtles have flatter, lighter shells for gliding through the water. Land-dwelling tortoises have domed shells that can slip free of predators' jaws. Leatherback turtles have shells without the ring of bone around the edge. So....

08/14/2019

Helpful information gathered by our educational staff.

07/12/2019

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2019/07/upstate-ny-veterinarian-goes-extra-mile-to-heal-turtle-with-cracked-shell.html?fbclid=IwAR2MC6oTyJtYuLkqeXjFtp2Ee6IWp92mmwOPoKqsl2pa8cVjxkvDYTMhj-0

She found the painted turtle on the road with its shell cracked in three places.

07/11/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17T_5jRE2M&fbclid=IwAR0fTnMy4xkHUpOKcBvNEMzDMHQjdynHeRUJLRhz8UYeMCJvoifirBiY4Sw

A turtle can’t crawl out of its shell. In fact, the shell is actually part of a turtle’s skeleton, as much of our ribcage is of ours. But if you could peer i...

06/06/2019

Happy Thursday turtle pond fans!! Feel free to post your pictures, adventures, or questions about/of the turtle pond on here. I know there have been some subtle changes to the turtle pond basking areas and the snappers are moving about in the back ponds. Watch those fingers.

05/23/2019

Happy World Turtle Day!!!