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The area borders the vast Rose Atoll marine sanctuary, where endangered species of hawksbill turtle thrive on vibrant reefs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Last year, the green sea turtle became the first marine turtle to have its protection status downgraded from "endangered" to "least concern", after 50 years of conservation work in about 80 countries.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

As a large turtle lumbered across the island's sands on Wednesday, tourism operator Famau said his sector supports 90 percent of the island.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

She was transferred to Hunstanton Sea Life Centre in Norfolk, where a second loggerhead turtle, called Olive, has been under care since December.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was upside down, like a turtle flipped onto its back.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis

Since the turtles have been in the centre's care they have undergone a range of tests, including x-rays and CT scans checking for pneumonia.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Robertson said visitors had loved seeing the rescued turtles improve and that the two animals had come a long way.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Nesting populations of olive ridley sea turtles are found in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Paleontologists have not found fossils of lizards, turtles, crocodiles, or other reptiles from Cretaceous Alaska, Chiarenza said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

He keeps back cuz the swamp turtles we know have more than enough snap to get after a dog.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

I skate low, torso over toes, head turtled forward.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019

She spends most of her time turtled in bed.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2015

They turtled at first, then they quit, wallowing in self-pity and requiring emergency spine implants.

From Chicago Tribune ● May 8, 2012

I yanked the cuffs of my sweatshirt down as far as they would go, picked up my board and turtled into the collar of my jacket as the lady hurried across the street.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Art was with the same Mr. Dunwoody whose car Pluto Noak’d turtled over last year.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

At the last second, both instead ducked for cover, turtling with their arms around their heads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Far Tortuga is a treatise on turtling, an account of the dying days of sailing ships on unspoiled waters, and a history of a locale that winter tourists tripping through the Caribbean rarely see.

From Time Magazine Archive

I now went in search of the turtling party who had taken great pains but without success.

From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by William Bligh

Last Friday a small turtling schooner arrived from the Windward Passages, reporting that they had seen a wreck ashore near Tête de Chien on the island of Tortuga, off the north-west coast of Saint Domingo.

From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson

She has to procure nearly all the food for herself and husband, except during the turtling season, and on other occasions when the men are astir.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray