Don’t stand... Don’t stand so... This female Mississippi Map Turtle is all of us right now. Apparently the turtles of the Trinity River have complete disregard for social distancing. Yesterday, Andrew Brinker recorded this communal basking of Mississippi Map Turtles (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) while practicing his social distancing in Fort Worth, Texas. Natives of Texas' Trinity River, both of these species are studied by the students of

Have you seen one of these unique turtles? On this International Biodiversity Day, conservation educator Deb Davis tells us about the Pearl River map turtle. #BiodiversityDay #ForNature | Mississippi Museum of Natural Science