A loggerhead turtle just off the beach which is part of the Akumal Beach Resort in Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Took this picture while snorkelling near the beach.

This was a box turtle my wife found on the trail in the woods behind our cabin.

Podocnemis vogli, Dallas World Aquarium

Chocolate cake, filled with dulce de leche, iced in fudge with caramel drizzle, and rolled in our pretzel mix

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A baby box turtle.

I have to say that this was the largest Softshell Turtle that I have ever seen. It had a shell length of 14 inches or more. I compared it to my hat that I layed on the ground next to the turtle. I then measured my hat when I got home. It is rare enough to see Softshell Turtles out of the water but seeing one so large was even better. I don't know why it was in the open but I'm guessing that the turtle was a female looking for a place to burry eggs. This location was in Lawrenceburg Indiana within the Oxbow Preserve.

View On Black

on the far side of the road she paused before moving down the shoulder

-western pond turtle

-designed by Robert J Lang

-folded from a square of lokta paper

-folded by myself

This model took a loooong time to fold. but still, results like that are worth it.

Emydoidea blandingii

May, 2010. Southeast Michigan.

West Bloomfield Woods Nature Preserve & Hike/Bike trail

Out for a stroll.

D.Z. Arvin property, Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

This common snapping turtle that was found nesting in Pope County, Minnesota.

Photo by Mead Klavetter/USFWS.

at Turtle Beach :)

Another posed shot of that Spotted Turtle in a naturalistic setting.

Sea turtle on its way up the beach to lay eggs. Taken on a recent trip to the tip of Australia, frenchmans track the old telegraph track to the tip.

Tobago trip 2015, learn to scuba dive in manchester with www.learn2dive.co

Turtle in the Nature Preserve

Another close up of a turtle.

Green turtle - tortue verte - Chelonia mydas

Reunion island, May 2014

A sea turtle on display at the New England Aquarium, Boston MA

Turtle crawling around Wickham Park. Turned my back on it for less than ten seconds and it vanished into the underbrush.

He's swimming right out of the frame.

Twist necked turtle (Platemys platycephala) from Iwokrama, Guyana.

I found one of the box turtles that I captured this summer in my rose bed. So I got down on "her" level (yes, I can tell the sex of a box turtle) and snapped this pic. She didn't even flinch when I got close. All the Box turtles that I've encountered have been "gentle souls"........... ;)

Terrepene carolina carolina

This is a male (males have red eyes - females have brown)

Spotted walking across my driveway. Box turtles can live a long time 20 years or more, Unfortunately, the major causes of death for box turtles are due to human activity - cars, farm equipment, lawn mowers and so on. Also improper care when taken from the wild as "pets", destruction of habitat from development, and releasing turtles too far from where they were found. Turtles can have very small "home ranges" - around 250 square yards or less and can die trying to find their way home.

www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/tag/eastern-box-turtle/

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Heosemys spinosa, 2010 hatchling

A painted turtle enjoys the sun at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.

Taken with an IXUS 70 - Amazing snap for a dinky P&S!

Turtle at Saunders Springs Ky. getting some sun.

www.radclifftourism.org/saunderssprings.shtml

Took an impromptu bike camping trip with Adam this weekend.

Reminds me of the creation myth of various religions where the world is balanced on the back of a giant space tortoise.

If there is a God, and it isn't all about science, I want that myth to be true.

Also. If I had a turtle, I would name it Murtle.

And this is technically a giant tortoise. Sshh!