BABY BOOM: TN Aquarium Adds 7 Turtle Hatchlings From 5 Species

After 20 years, Massachusetts releases baby turtles born to a mom it headstarted

Massachusetts' long-running effort to support a state-listed turtle has reached a monumental benchmark after 20 years. Among the baby Blanding's turtles released this spring were hatchlings descended from a mother who had once been raised through the same headstart program, a development that underscores the value of sustained recovery work. What happened? According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, partners at Great Meadows National Wildli…

BABY BOOM: TN Aquarium adds 7 turtle hatchlings from 5 species

One of North America’s largest publicly viewable collections of freshwater turtles is a little bit bigger and even more adorable, thanks to a baby boom at the Tennessee Aquarium that hatched seven new turtles since mid-May.