Arkansas, USA

This species is fairly rare now.

This little leatherback came around to check us out and swam right up to me.

two-headed turtle in the freakatorium, nyc

*Not currently on display

This Green sea turtle was sleeping at Laniakea Beach. The picture looks much more dramatic on a black background... (no link...)

A painted turtle sunning.

This turtle photo was taken out past Francis Lake Ontario.

near Tampa Florida, I saved its life. It was in the road and I picked it up and moved it off the road. it went into its shell when i picked it up.

Common Musk Turtle aka Stinkpot

Taken at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.

There has been an overall decline in the snapping turtle population provincially, and it is listed as a species-at-risk. Yet, the MNR continues to permit the hunting of snapping turtles, ignoring concerns from the scientific community and a... petition signed by more than 11,000 concerned citizens. Check out this article in The Toronto Sun by Antonella Artuso quoting John Urquhart, Ontario Nature’s conservation science manager who explains our objections to the hunt: www.torontosun.com/2012/04/25/ontario-changes-rules-on-ca....

Photo credit: Bob Guttowski

The hawksbill is one of the rarest and most endangered of all sea turtles. It was hunted to near extinction for its shell. You can see the classic pattern on this one. There are only around 20,000 nesting females left in the wild.

HP Williams Picnic Area

A pair of turtles on a biking/hiking trail in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I’m pretty sure the turtles were on their way to lay eggs in nearby sand after coming from a Mississippi River backwater located on the other side of the bushes at right. I can’t remember the last time I saw two turtles traveling together as they tend to be solitary creatures.

yes, exhausted but alive. we have had 12 foot waves the last three days...it must be tough of alot of marine life.

Turtle at Lettuce Lake State Park

Loads of personality. Eastern Box Turtle. Chattanooga area, Tennessee.

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Lovely Hawksbill having a nose round for food. Not bothered by me being near at all.

Maldives, Nov 2007.

Tee Lake Resort in Lewiston, Michigan. Grayling. Gaylord. Cabin Rentals. Vacation Rentals. Up North. Family Fun. Lake. Cabin Lake. Tee Lake. Fishing. Boating. www.TeeLakeResort.com

This is Cupid, my Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta Bellii)

In the market in Iquitos, we saw so many turtle waiting to be bought to be eaten. It was so sad to me because I love turtles, but I guess when it comes down to survival and cultural practice it isn't bad to them.

(Trachemys scripta elegans) Acquired by my grandsons Hunter & Dillin when it was half dollar size. With great cae they have raised this turtle to be a healthy uoung adult.

Taken at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys, California on Dec. 18, 2009

Baby snapping turtle,

Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area,

Elmvale, Ontario

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A closeup of that little guy.

After a good meal and some rest, he will be tagged and released.

Sea turtles return to breed at the same beach where they were born. (This is a serious problem if their home beach is now a parking lot.) No one yet knows whether turtles who get lost going from the beach to the sea have properly imprinted on their beach, and whether this will be a problem when the time comes for them to breed.

Turtle Hospital

Marathon Key, Florida

March 2009

Reptilia

Testudines

Emydidae

Chrysemys picta picta, Eastern Painted Turtle

Congers Lake

Congers, Rockland Co., NY

turtles

Taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

After laying down a few feet from this gal she opened her mouth nice and wide (not sure if it was a threat display or if she was just stretching her jaw). She quickly realized I wasn’t that much of a threat and and decided I wasn’t worth her time, and went on her way.