EditorialRescue Program Director Maxine Montello, who hopes to attach customized video cameras on released turtles this summer to record their behavior in New York?s Atlantic waters, at the New York Marine Rescue Center, on Long Island in Riverhead, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2023. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialEmys picta, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys picta, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys punctularia, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys punctata, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialEmys depressa, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialHouse of the Turtles, Uxmal, with small turtle sculptures on the lintel. Turtle shells were used in the Mayan rain-invoking rituals (7th-10th CE) .
EditorialThe Scott National Park in Australia, where researchers led by Nicola Mitchell, an associate professor of conservation physiology at the University of Western Australia, released western swamp turtles, on Aug. 22, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)