Notebaert Nature Museum
Raises 131 Endangered
Baby Turtles - Chicago Tonight - September 13, 2016 Blanding's turtles, an endangered species in Illinois and a half - dozen other states, are getting a head start on survival at the Peggy Notebaert Nature
Turtles - Chicago Tonight - September 13, 2016 Blanding's
turtles, an endangered species in Illinois and a half - dozen other states, are getting a head start on survival at the Peggy Notebaert Nature
turtles, an endangered species in Illinois and a half - dozen other states, are getting a head start on survival at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
But the finding might also help sea
turtle rescue efforts — if programs can identify the locations where the fungal pathogens are likely to become a problem, they can focus their efforts in those spots, remove eggs from those more vulnerable beaches and
raise only those eggs into
baby turtles.
Guests can participate in the release of
baby sea
turtles because the house is used to
raise funds for the Campamento Tortuguero Ayotlcalli located on the same property.