Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...

Grégory Bulté, an Ottawa-area biologist, holds a map turtle shell that shows the distinctive 'map' pattern that gives the turtle its name. (Dan Taekema/CBC - image credit) The northern map turtle is ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grégory Bulté has been researching map turtles at Opinicon Lake since 2003. Northern map turtles are considered a Species of ...