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Turtles

The endangered sea turtles of São Tomé now have the island's biggest pop star on their side.

In São Tomé, a Pop Star Helps Keep Sea Turtles Off the Dinner Table

A hit single is benefiting an endangered species.

Luke Fater March 5, 2020

An adult Kemp's ridley sea turtle heading to sea.

The World's Tiniest Sea Turtles Keep Getting Stranded on Cape Cod

Floating devices called "drifters" are helping oceanographers understand why.

Sabrina Imbler December 9, 2019

Baby loggerhead turtles, newly hatched in South Africa.

Found: Fossilized Tracks of Baby Sea Turtles in South Africa

Prehistoric squee!

Sabrina Imbler September 4, 2019

Tommy the Turtle

Boissevain, Manitoba

Tommy the Turtle

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

Wa Ale Island's main beach and turtle nesting site.

Kawthaung, Myanmar

Nesting Turtles of Wa Ale Island

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers?

Turtle Sauce Picante

This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.

Jardín Tropical Estación de Atocha.

Atocha Station Tropical Garden

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

A relief at Ngọc Sơn Temple depicting the legendary turtle with a sword on its back.

The Life and Legacy of Vietnam's Sacred Giant Turtle

Hanoi's Hoàn Kiếm Lake was once home to both legendary and real chelonians.

Claire Voon January 10, 2019

The pickles in the jar represent the headlines we passed on, but still want to preserve.

Headlines You Didn't See on Atlas Obscura in 2018

Spicier alternative titles for some of our stories.

Ella Morton December 28, 2018

A hatchling on Shell Beach.

Shell Beach

A nesting ground for four of the world’s seven marine turtle species, most of which are endangered.

A baby Kemp's ridley sea turtle, one of the first ever born in New York.

96 Rare Baby Sea Turtles Just Hatched in Queens, New York

If they can make it there, they'll make it anywhere.

Cara Giaimo October 3, 2018

Tommy the Turtle.

Bottineau, North Dakota

Tommy the Turtle

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

Newly-hatched baby Olive Ridley turtles make their way to the sea on a beach in eastern India's Odisha state.

RajendraNarayanpur, India

Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary

More than 2 million Olive Ridley sea turtles are hatched from this mass nesting ground every year.

Turtles head for the finish line.

Longville, Minnesota

Longville Turtle Races

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

Turtles led scientists to a remote landscape thick with seagrass.

Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows

Some ecological good news, courtesy of some hungry shelled swimmers.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 11, 2018

Sunset sky reflected in the water.

Ottawa, Ontario

Mer Bleue Bog

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Red-eared sliders: cute but trouble.

Found: A 5.5-Million-Year-Old Ancestor of the Red-Eared Slider

The ancient relative of a popular (but invasive) pet.

Vittoria Traverso February 27, 2018

A group of men prepares to butcher Galapagos tortoises.*

Why Gold Rush Miners Imported Sea Turtles

Starving settlers ushered in a craze and decimated surrounding lands.

Leslie Nemo February 13, 2018