Critically endangered #Malaysian Giant #Turtles of #Borneo face serious threats from #palmoil #ecocide and illegal capture for the #pet trade. Fight for them when you #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/24/malaysian-giant-turtle-orlitia-borneensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Random pic from my trip to Vietnam: some of the 83 stele-bearing turtles at the Temple of Literature (Văn Miếu) in Hanoi that record Imperial exam results. There used to be 116 of them. Closest one is shiny from being rubbed by students (and then visitors) for good luck. Not sure whether a specific species is being modeled but would love to know. #vietnam #hanoi #turtles

#SilentSunday — a couple of #turtles sunning themselves in the lake.

Have a good day.

Found this guy hanging around the yard last fall. He showed back up yesterday morning so looks like we have a resident box turtle . #wildlife #Turtles #TurtlesOfMastoson #boxturtle #reptiles

Mind your driving. May is when the girl turtles cross the road to lay eggs. They often lay them in ditch gravel, too close the road. They come in various size in Nova Scotia.

#Turtles #May #NovaScotia

Time to shut down the office
#GoodNight #Bonsoir

Redefining the word “harm” to leave out habitat destruction, the biggest cause of #extinction, could be the nail in the coffin for imperiled species across the #UnitedStates and beyond, like Florida #manatees, green sea #turtles and spotted #owls. Speak up now, send a message to Acting Director Souza to protect #endangered #species and their #habitat — and the #EndangeredSpecies Act itself (via Center for Biological #Diversity ):
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/QZ5Ai99gHEOrV3F97EaQ0A2
#wildlife #ESA #wilderness

Turtles on a log

Turtles on a log

Turtles on a log

Endangered sea #turtle populations show signs of recovery in more than half the world, survey finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-endangered-sea-turtle-populations-recovery.html paper: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v56/p247-276/

"Many of the populations have come back, though some haven't... Overall, the #SeaTurtles story is one of the real #conservation success stories... #GreenTurtles are still endangered globally, but their populations show signs of recovery in many regions of the world... #LeatherbackTurtles are not faring as well as other species of #turtles"

This #EarthDay I see that the Turtle Survival Alliance is launching their 5th Annual Turtle Month so I thought I would share these two prints they commissioned of turtles supporting the Earth featuring endangered turtle species of special focus: one for turtles from North America, and one for turtles from around the world. TSA works to prevent extinctions of these amazing and varied animals worldwide, so I was very glad to make art for this cause!

Turtles on a log

Turtles on a log

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I Drink and Dream of Dancing Turtle.
Painting in acrylic of a woman dressed in a long dress of orange and yellow, she dreams of blue water around her as she watches a dancing turtle.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/drink-and-dream-of-dancing-turtles-james-mccormack.html ]
#drink #dream #dancing #turtles #BuyIntoArt #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Fedigiftshop

Day 6 novel #book scene.
The stone Drapano bridge built 1813 and almost 690 m long, #Argostoli, #Kefalonia #Greece. Catching a glimpse of #loggerhead #turtles is not an uncommon sight.