"The phenomenon of the Gulf of Maine warming as quickly as it is and has been, is allowing these turtles that normally, the majority would be kept out of Cape Cod Bay due that cold, cold water ...
All types of permanent aquatic habitats including ponds, lakes, rivers, bogs, marshes, and even brackish salt marshes Lays eggs in June in sandy soil, including gravel road shoulders; nests can be up ...
More than 200 cold-stunned young turtles, unable to navigate the chilly winter waters, were being treated Tuesday partly because the warming of the Gulf of Maine has turned it into a natural snare ...
Among Maine’s inland (nonmarine) reptiles are seven turtle species and nine snake species. Maine’s 10th snake species, the timber rattlesnake, is extirpated, with no credible evidence of the species ...
Global warming is filling the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles and the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years, turning some animal ...