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Tracy Ross speaks with Woodlands Nature Station's lead naturalist John Pollpeter about armadillos in the next installment of the LBL Wildlife Report.

Tracy Ross speaks to LBL Woodland Nature Station lead naturalist John Pollpeter about vultures.

It's a plane! It's an ambulance! It's aliens! No, it's the Brood X cicadas emerging after 17 years underground. In the next LBL Wildlife Report, Woodlands

7:15 Tracy Ross and John Pollpeter, lead naturalist at LBL's Woodland Nature Station, discuss box turtles. Box turtles are common throughout the Land Between the Lakes area. The turtles have a "growth pattern that's very similar to aquatic turtles, though they're mainly based on land," Pollpeter explains. "They get the name 'box turtle' because they can completely pull their entire body, head, tail, legs, and back legs into the shell and close it up behind them." "The shell is kind of a dark brown with some light highlights with yellows, oranges, and lighter browns," he continues. "It kind of...

The Friends of Land Between the Lakes have released its jam-packed programming for the month of April. The group is inviting all home educating families to use the outdoors as a classroom for Homeschool Month during April at the Woodlands Nature Station. Homeschooling families can pick up a “Nature Discovery Activity Book” at the Nature Station that will be able to guide children through a variety of exploration activities and teach about nature through various subjects. The Nature Station is open everyday in April and books and activities are available from the station from 10 a.m....