Herpetology at Towson University

Northern map turtle count continues to grow PORT DEPOSIT — The town's most famous residents were nowhere to be seen Thursday morning.

Just keeping you all on your toes! The beach CLEANUP has been MOVED back to the original date and time! 10:30 am on SATURDAY the 16th at the gashouse next to Tome's Landing Marina. Wear good shoes and bring work gloves! Our apologies for the constant changes.

Eastern Shore Trip - May 9th

Maryland Eastern shore trip 2015

The fine dining experience you get when you take Herpetology at TU! Eastern Shore (Delaware detour included) 2015

Due to bad weather in Saturday's forecast, the map turtle crew will be tackling the beach debris and nesting pods on Friday morning (May 15th) starting at 10:30am! Let us know if you are still interested in helping! We so appreciate the enthusiasm!

We saw a great aggregation of basking Northern Map Turtles on the Susquehanna today!

Harford Glen, Friday 24 April 2015

A message from Fairhill Nature Center:

Thursday Night Speaker Series April 23, 2015 - 6:30pm

Map Turtles of the Susquehanna

~ Kaite Anderson, Towson University, Biodiversity Adjunct Professor

This presentation will outline the background of our current map turtle research, including the major threats to the stability of our Maryland population, and will highlight the list of research projects we currently have going on at the Susquehanna field site.This includes nesting behavior, basking behavior, hatchling biology, public relations/outreach/education, and a population size assessment.

To register got to:www.fairhillnature.org or 410-398-4909

Kaite attended Towson University for her undergraduate (organismal biology and ecology: zoology) and graduate (MS Biology, conservation, ecology, animal behavior concentration) degrees.She finished the field component of her master's research on the map turtles in 2013 and presented the full project in 2014. Currently an adjunct professor at Towson, teaching Biodiversity, she will continue to organize the map turtle research for 2015 with a group of talented undergraduates.Her interests include outdoor education, ecology, conservation, and animal behavior, enjoying anything that gets her outdoors and results in dirty hands!