The new mascot of Target Systems welcomes employees back to work at Booster Tower West.
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A small painted turtle pauses for a moment before continuing on its path.
On June 23, 2021, Ryan Frantzen, a Roads and Grounds employee at Fermilab, correctly handles a spiny softshell turtle that Fermilab scientist Jean-Paul Carneiro found crossing the road. Coincidentally, Frantzen was in the first car Carneiro asked to stop to protect the creature. If you want to move a turtle on a road on campus, place it on the side of the road it is heading toward. Never pick up a turtle by the tail. Larger turtles may be feisty. Roads and Grounds responds to calls to move the turtles, too.
On May 24, 2021, three turtles sun on the Fermilab campus.
A snapping turtle sits stodgily on the Fermilab pavement on May 15.
On May 4, this guy had the entire Wilson Hall west parking lot to himself.
Happy Earth Day! Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Here we flash back to Fermilab’s 2019 Earth Day Fair.
Throwback Thursday: Fermilab employees encounter a large soft-shelled turtle on Main Ring Road on June 14.
A large water turtle goes out for a stroll across the parking lot on Aug. 13.
A baby turtle is rescued from jaywalking by Lab A. It was probably going from the nest to the nearest water. It looked like a leaf in the road. Please watch out for these little ones.