Wendy St. John

2015 Science Symposium

(As published in the Fall, 2015, Science and Technology’s Newsletter”) “This past May, the School of Science & Technology in partnership with the WATERS Collaborative hosted its third annual Science Symposium. As in past years, the event was kicked off with the 2014-15 Science 120 cohort presenting talks on the Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago

Mountain Lake Release

I was able to bid farewell to some of our juvenile turtles today when they were released into the newly-restored Mountain Lake in the Presidio of San Francisco. This is one of the later phases of the project – reintroducing native species that were extirpated after the lake was severely Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago

Native Turtles Return to Mountain Lake

Originally posted on the San Francisco Bay Area National Parks Science and Learning Blog Although no one knows exactly when western pond turtles vanished from Mountain Lake in the Presidio of San Francisco, they are known to have been abundant historically. Now, as part of the ongoing restoration of Mountain Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago

Western Pond Turtle Links

Here is a collection of links to articles I’ve written about western pond turtles.

This “Western Pond Turtle” category menu also includes a variety of content published by other people, most of which involves turtles from my lab. Just continue scrolling down through this category page to see articles, images, and videos I’ve shared from other sources.

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By Wendy St. John, ago

Fun in Diversity Lab!

So, probably the most exciting moment of my day (maybe of my life) was finding these little jellyfish in the tanks in Darwin 4. I didn’t actually find them, some of my students did, but I isolated them and managed to get some decent photos. At first, I assumed they Read more

By Wendy St. John, ago