Sea turtle season wrap up
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s sea turtle research team documented 425 nests during nesting season from March to October on Keewaydin Island. The season ended with 422 loggerhead nests and…
Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than we knew
Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians. This means that more animals are on the menu…
Conservancy science research staff presents at invasive species conference
Written by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Invasive Species Research Team Conservancy of Southwest Florida invasive species researchers Ian Bartoszek, Melinda Schuman, and Ian Easterling attended the North American Invasive…
The wrath of Debby
By Dr. Jeffrey Schmid, Environmental Research Manager The 2024 sea turtle nesting season on Keewaydin Island was starting to slow down and the subsequent hatching season was getting geared up,…
Preventing interactions and misidentifications with invasive cane toads
As the rainy season continues in Southwest Florida, you may see an influx of cane toads in your backyard and surrounding areas. Cane toads are one of the largest species…
Loggerheads, greens, and a leatherback… Oh my!
By Dr. Jeffrey Schmid, Environmental Research Manager The Conservancy’s 2024 sea turtle nest monitoring on Keewaydin Island started with an interesting twist. On April 23, the first crawl of the…
Board member joined the Burmese python research team in the field
Hands-on with the Conservancy’s Python team Jon Kukk, Conservancy Board Member, provided the Burmese python research team with assistance on a recent python capture. Kukk and his wife, Julie, won…
