kauai, hawaii

turtle by the pond at flamingo gardens florida

A photo that I took of a turtle on a log at our pond. At first I didn't know exactly what species it was, but then after asking on a message board I figured out that it was a Florida Redbelly, even though I live in SC.

James Town, Accra, Ghana

A baby sea turtle sits in nurturing hands moments before being released into the ocean off the coast of Boca Raton, Fla., Sept. 5, 2013. The staff at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center reached out to the Coast Guard to assist with the sea turtles release into the ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney.

This little one was a long way from his water - Laying egg perhaps

This huge turtle (about 10-12 inches long) was crossing the road, so I stopped and put on my blinkers and tried to assist him. He wasn't liking my help, but I didn't want to leave him in the middle of the road. Along came another driver, who stopped to help and ended up picking up the turtle (quickly) and moving to the other side of the road. The turtle plodding down a small embankment and into the lake.

Snapping Turtle's bottom shell, or plastron, is small and they are unable to retreat into their shells for protection. This accounts for their somewhat defensive nature (usually evident only if provoked). I was very careful not to provoke her.

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The present day landscape of Eastside of Lake Winnipeg started evolving some 10,000 years ago after the retreat of the Wisconsin glaciers. This region of Manitoba's boreal forest is covered by a blanket of coniferous and deciduous trees, ponds, bogs, tumbling rivers, laced

together by a multitude of lakes, eventually draining into Lake Winnipeg - the sixth largest freshwater body in North America and the last remaining remnants of 11,000 year old glacial Lake Agassiz. The vast, relatively undisturbed expanse of boreal forest provides one of the

last remaining large intact habitats for the Atikaki-Berens and Owl-Flinstone herds of threatened woodland caribou in Manitoba. They share the forests with other wildlife typical of the boreal forest: beaver, river otters, marten, lynx, moose, wolves, black bears, and wolveri

Frick! (Yellowbelly Slider) actually let me get close and take photos of him basking. Usually if you go near the tank when they are basking they slide off into the water.

In Turtle Pond.

By Tess

Turtle Rock at Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in Mongolia August 17, 2011. Photo by Tim Chong

Green Sea Turtle resting on Black Sand Beach

Turtle Thailand, Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill Turtle

never knew turtles could have such long legs!! as i took the photo, realized, photography at this cage was illegal. oops! so no time to get a better photo

academy of sciences 11/8/10

A few turtles crawling up this log, with the lead turtle blocking everyone for going around him.

He looks so proud of himself!

I got this idea from a flickr friend, Lenny, although he did a much better job with his red ear slider (we call them streaker heads down here) than I did with mine. Thanks Lenny!

turtle or tor

This turtle didn't cooperate for the Macro Mondays bokeh theme soooo... he gets his 15 minutes of fame on Tuesday.

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.

Venezuela state ranch

This turtle was standing very, very still. So focusing was trivial, and I got to make sure that no annoying leaves were in the way. Completely unlike with that bird a while ago, the last time we were there.

National Marina Aquarium Plymouth

Photo of 8 x 10 watercolor of a green sea turtle. Photo used with permission from Mathieu. www.flickr.com/photos/18558650@N05/

Everyone else on the boat passed on this night dive, leaving just me, this turtle, a bunch of lemon sharks, and a tiger. Quite a surreal experience -- this turtle was much larger than he appears here and was not at all wary of me. Probably the most enjoyable dive of my life.

Pictures of the turtles living in the rainforest of Atocha station, Madrid, Spain.

taken by Mark

balochistan wildlife: HAWKSBILL TURTLE