Giving tortoises a 'head start'

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Research indicates that head-starting -- raising a species in captivity and releasing it into a protected habitat after it has grown large enough to be less vulnerable to predators -- is a useful intervention for boosting the state's gopher tortoise population.

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