Tour de Turtles
Two loggerhead turtles are released near Bonsteel Park as part of the eighth Tour de Turtles and a sea turtle stops people visiting the USS Arizona Memorial; in the Conservation section. A leatherback sea turtle is spotted of the Dorset coast, UK; in the Ecology section. A fisherman in Yorkshire, UK nets a big turtle, a turtle in a bookstore! and others in the Miscellany section.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Slowly but surely, Tour de Turtles takes off.
Endangered turtle prevents thousands from visiting popular tourist attraction.
Ecology
Sea turtle tucks into jellyfish in rare glimpse of ocean nature.
Education
Sea Turtle Presentation Coming to the National Seashore.
Miscellany
Snapping turtles: Admire them from afar.
Angler left stunned after reeling in this giant foot-long turtle while fishing in a Yorkshire river.
Turtle finds home in Lakewood bookstore.
Turtle takeover at temple pond.
Did You Know…
Box turtles are official state reptiles of four U.S. states. North Carolina and Tennessee honor the eastern box turtle. Missouri names the three-toed box turtle. Kansas honors the ornate box turtle.
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