Archive for February 2024

Previous Critter Corner episodes have discussed the common snapping turtle and red-eared slider.  Another interesting turtle species documented during the 2010 Biodiversity Survey at Goose Pond FWA is the eastern spiny softshell turtle. Softshell turtles are so-named because their carapace is covered by a thick, leathery skin rather than the large, keratinized scutes (scales) of…