CheloniaCast

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Turtle Hatchlings, Adaptation, and Fieldwork
Episode 21
Sunday, 7 September, 2025

CheloniaCast sits down with Dr. Fredric Janzen. Dr. Janzen is the former director of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and a current professor in Michigan State University's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Dr. Janzen uses turtles as a model system to study deeper questions in the study of life, development, and evolution. The conversation covers various aspects of Dr. Janzen’s experiences in the study of turtle life history, evolution, and adaptation. From temperature sex determination considering climate change, reproductive behaviors, differences in fecundity between species, and egg/hatching adaptations, the conversation is wide-ranging. To see Dr. Janzens’s fascinating work, visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t5ftuNQAAAAJ&hl=en To learn more about the Janzen Lab at Michigan State University visit: https://www.kbs.msu.edu/research/labs/janzen/ Learn more about the CheloniaCast Podcast here: https://theturtleroom.org/cheloniacast/ Learn more about the CheloniaCast Podcast Fund here: https://theturtleroom.org/project/cheloniacast-podcast/ Follow the CheloniaCast Podcast on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @cheloniacast Host and production crew social media - Jason Wills - @chelonian.carter / Michael Skibsted - @michael.skibstedd / Jack Thompson - @jack_reptile_naturalist_302 / Ken Wang - @americanmamushi / Wyatt Keil - @wyatts_wildlife_photography / Paul Cuneo - @paul_turtle_conservation42 / Alex Mione - @alex.mione / Ethan Hancock - @ethankinosternonlover / Torsten Watkins - @t_0_.e