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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The gentle warmth of the early morning sand comforts a young Loggerhead emerging from the nest, allowing the baby to rest and assess it's environment. At any give

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This nest was found and marked by volunteers patrolling Carolina Beach in North Carolina. On August 7, a crowd gathered at an adjacent nest that was expected to hatch that night but it didn't. Whil

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Image title: Manatee bearing scars on back from boat propeller
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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's a long haul, but every step is invaluable to the hatchling's survival. The hatchlings imprint the beach as they walk using the magnetic field to return 35 yea

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Buddhist reliquary inthe form of a miniature sarcophagus, with dragon, phoenix, tiger, and turtle, purportedly from Henan province, Tang dynasty, 8th century, bronze with gilding - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05650

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's hatchling season! The babies are emerging and ready to tackle the many challenges that come their way! This little Loggerhead is the first one out of the nest

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Closeup of a hatchling sliding over the ripples of a tide pool. This is his first comparison to the waves that await him.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Good morning! The hatchlings use the limited space in the "neck" of the lighbulb shaped nest and each others' backs to squeeze and climb out of the chamber.

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Resting in the shade before stretching his flippers, this baby needs to be alert to bypass all of the obstacles that await him on his journey to adulthood.

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Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Common name Spanish: Tinglar
Photo by Al Woodson, USFWS volunteer
Location, Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands

More information: ecos.fw

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The spikes on the turtle's carapace or shell will eventually smooth out as the scutes, little "patches", grow over time.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Turtle and Bamboo, by Nagasawa Rosetsu, Japan, Edo period, 1787-1799 AD, folding fan with ink and light color on paper - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01938

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Cartoon for Burgess Series by Harrison Cady, view 2, 1916, published in Life magazine, September 6, 1917, ink and wash on paper - New Britain Museum of American Art - DSC09101

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Even though the initial waves have washed the carapace clean, this female loggerhead is on her way out into the Atlantic Ocean to mate again. She weighs close to

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Contemplating his next move. He is so tiny compared to the little holes in the sand and the fine lines left by the last waves.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Mola blouse, Kuna peoples, San Blas Islands, Panama, 20th century, cotton, polyester - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC09997

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US Navy 090513-N-0535P-032 KEKAHA, Hawaii (May 13, 2009) - Capt. Aaron Cudnohufsky, left, commanding officer of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, along with other volunteers removes an injured green sea turtle

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Seaside beach tour

Snapping turtle effigy bowl from Millbury, Transitional Archaic Phase, c. 4000-2700 years ago, steatite (soapstone) - Robbins Museum - Middleborough, Massachusetts - DSC03694

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Cartoon for Burgess Series by Harrison Cady, view 1, 1916, published in Life magazine, September 6, 1917, ink and wash on paper - New Britain Museum of American Art - DSC09092

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
She's crawled. She's dug. She's laid. She's covered. Now she returns to the warm Atlantic waters to breed again so she can lay more nests. A Loggerhead typically

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
This Loggerhead baby is taking his time to adjust to his new surroundings and strengthen his muscles before his long journey to the middle of the Atlantic. Once in

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Even though most nests hatch at night to avoid mammalian predators, these little guys seem to camouflage well enough in the wrack line. Nevertheless, this place is

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Meditate inspiration harmony

Scientific name: Chelonia mydasCommon name Spanish: Peje blanco, tortuga verde
Photo: Caroline S. Rogers, USGSStatus: Threatened, Listed on July 28, 1978
For more information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProf

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
The mother Loggerhead cries salt water tears as she lays her eggs in the white sands on Blackbeard Island. She will never again return to check on her eggs, but m

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Scientific name: Chelonia mydasCommon name Spanish: Peje blanco, tortuga verde
Photo: Caroline S. Rogers, USGSStatus: Threatened, Listed on July 28, 1978
For more information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProf

USMC TBF and RNZAF P-40 over Espiritu Santo c1944

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July 23, 2010 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Lorna Patrick (Deputy Project Leader of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Panama City, Florida, Ecological Services and Fisheries Resources Office), center and

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
This dawn nester on Blackbeard Island lays her eggs in the sand after "body pitting" and digging an inverted light bulb shaped nest. "Body pitting" is when the fe

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Mercury Transforming Chelone into a Turtle, by Filippo Lauri, Rome, c. 1671, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC07851

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island
Wind them up and watch them go! Their "wind up" comes from their own yolks they absorb to power them with enough energy for the next 48 hours. They will need every las

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Summer sand parasol

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
This hatchling has already made it farther in life than a lot of his siblings and peers. His egg developed successfully without mutations. He has overcome the thre

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Scientific name: Eritmochelys imbricata. Spanish: Carey de Concha. Status: Endangered. Listed on June 2, 1970
Photo by Caroline S. Rogers, available through NOAA

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Writing set with turtles and bamboo, Japan, Edo period, wood, gold and silver maki-e, mother-of-pearl, gilt copper - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03566

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Schildkröten IV. 1. Sternoiliaerus adansoni Schweigg. Vs nat. Gr., s. S. 470. - L. Medland, F. Z. S.-Finchley, N., phot. 2. lllütamüta, Chelys fimbriata Sehn. '/9 nat. Gr., s. S. 4S0. - L. Medland

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Fleur de sarracénie pourpre (Sarracenia purpurea) photographiée dans un fen de bassin situé entre Saint-Fabien et Le Bic, au Bas-Saint-Laurent, au Bas-Saint-Laurent (Québec).

Feuille de sarracénie pourpre (Sarracenia purpurea) vue de dessus, montrant les proies qui flottent encore à la surface du liquide. Photo prise dans un fen de bassin situé entre Saint-Fabien et Le Bic

Painted Turtle

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Western Pond Turtle Peek-a-Boo (Video)

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Loggerhead sea turtle making its way to the ocean

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Baby Turtle

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Common Snapping Turtle

Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings make their way to the ocean

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One green sea turtle hatchling south of Ramp 38

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Western pond turtle

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Turtle Disentanglement

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Baby Snapping Turtle

Loggerhead sea turtle tracks leading to and from the first nest of the 2021 sea turtle nesting season

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Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings making their way to the ocean

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Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Common name Spanish: Tinglar
Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS
Location, Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands

More information: ecos.fws.gov

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Female western pond turtle

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Sea turtle depression and hatchling tracks

Western pond turtles and eggs

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Baby turtles at Green Cay

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Snapping Turtle Close-up

Green sea turtle Hatchling on Ocracoke Island 10-19-2021

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Tortuga

Mexican Box Turtle

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Mexican Box Turtle

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Loggerhead sea turtle nest site.

Baby Turtle in a pond on Fripp Island, SC

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Western Painted Turtles

Loggerhead sea turtle nest with hatchling tracks left after the nest boiled

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Pond Turtle Peek-a-Boo

Green sea turtle.

Painted turtle in the northwoods of Wisconsin

Painted turtle found its hiding place

Pond Turtle Blending In

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Juvenile Western Pond Turtle (2)

Mexican box turtles at Memphis Zoo

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Mexican box turtles at Memphis Zoo

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gator and turtle

turtle sculpture

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Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle

Baby Box Turtle

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