Painted Turtle (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Painted Turtle

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Climate change threatens the painted turtle, a species that undergoes temperature-dependent sex determination. Research led by Nicole Valenzuela indicates that warming temperatures, as well as wider fluctuations in temperature, could lead to a demographic collapse of the painted turtle.

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Nicole Valenzuela

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