🥤How much plastic ends up in our oceans every year? Imagine five grocery bags full of takeout containers and old toothbrushes lined up on every foot of coastline around the globe.
This is a hazard for marine animals like turtles, who can mistake plastic for food. #WorldTurtleDay
✍️ Kenneth R. Weiss
This is a hazard for marine animals like turtles, who can mistake plastic for food. #WorldTurtleDay
✍️ Kenneth R. Weiss
The pileup of plastic debris is more than ugly ocean litter
A solid-waste specialist offers ways to halt the plague of pollutants choking the seas
knowablemagazine.org
May 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🥤How much plastic ends up in our oceans every year? Imagine five grocery bags full of takeout containers and old toothbrushes lined up on every foot of coastline around the globe.
This is a hazard for marine animals like turtles, who can mistake plastic for food. #WorldTurtleDay
✍️ Kenneth R. Weiss
This is a hazard for marine animals like turtles, who can mistake plastic for food. #WorldTurtleDay
✍️ Kenneth R. Weiss
May 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
May 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Turtle studies! Happy early #WorldTurtleDay!
May 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Turtle studies! Happy early #WorldTurtleDay!
I hear that it's #WorldTurtleDay so here's some art of my turtle sona art by koffeineYT
May 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I hear that it's #WorldTurtleDay so here's some art of my turtle sona art by koffeineYT
Ahead of #WorldTurtleDay tomorrow, It Starts With... podcast host David Boldeman chats with turtle experts Deb Bower, @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social, Michael Thompson & @profturtle.bsky.social about the importance of turtles, their surprising biology & the challenges they face. 🐢
Tune in, link below 🎧
Tune in, link below 🎧
‘Remarkable’ freshwater turtles face quiet decline
It Starts With... podcast host David Boldeman is joined by turtle experts Deb Bower, James Van Dyke, Michael Thompson and Ricky Spencer to explore why turtles are so important, the surprising biology ...
connectsci.au
May 22, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Ahead of #WorldTurtleDay tomorrow, It Starts With... podcast host David Boldeman chats with turtle experts Deb Bower, @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social, Michael Thompson & @profturtle.bsky.social about the importance of turtles, their surprising biology & the challenges they face. 🐢
Tune in, link below 🎧
Tune in, link below 🎧
It's World Turtle Day. 🐢 For Daggerheart I doodled a winged Galapa in SWAT gear. (blue shell ftw!) He's from a campaign run by my friend Cindy, on Dahlia World Garden's game stream, "Making It In Madet". @dahliaworldgarden.bsky.social #daggerheart #worldturtleday #galapa
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's World Turtle Day. 🐢 For Daggerheart I doodled a winged Galapa in SWAT gear. (blue shell ftw!) He's from a campaign run by my friend Cindy, on Dahlia World Garden's game stream, "Making It In Madet". @dahliaworldgarden.bsky.social #daggerheart #worldturtleday #galapa
Today is #worldturtleday
So here is Sid my 30 year old Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise enjoying an extra long dandelion stalk (their favourite) out in the bank holiday sun.
@worldturtleday
#tortoise
So here is Sid my 30 year old Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise enjoying an extra long dandelion stalk (their favourite) out in the bank holiday sun.
@worldturtleday
#tortoise
May 23, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Today is #worldturtleday
So here is Sid my 30 year old Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise enjoying an extra long dandelion stalk (their favourite) out in the bank holiday sun.
@worldturtleday
#tortoise
So here is Sid my 30 year old Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise enjoying an extra long dandelion stalk (their favourite) out in the bank holiday sun.
@worldturtleday
#tortoise
May 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I feel like this is the most #worldturtleday thing I could’ve made haha
🔮 Prophecies Untold: PREORDERS OPEN! 🔮
🧙♂️✨ A TMNT tarot project featuring all the different series - now available April 1st - May 1st!
Extra Merch Share Goal: 1000 likes + 1000 reposts across all socials = 10+ card designs as phone BGs!!
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🧙♂️✨ A TMNT tarot project featuring all the different series - now available April 1st - May 1st!
Extra Merch Share Goal: 1000 likes + 1000 reposts across all socials = 10+ card designs as phone BGs!!
🔗: tmnttarot.bigcartel.com
May 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I feel like this is the most #worldturtleday thing I could’ve made haha
It's World Turtle Day! Without turtles, we would not have the Discworld! In which book do baby Discworlds hatch?
What is your favourite turtle fact?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention
#WorldTurtleDay #WorldTurtleDay2024 #TerryPratchett
What is your favourite turtle fact?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention
#WorldTurtleDay #WorldTurtleDay2024 #TerryPratchett
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Pale green background with a blue square frame that
has rounded corners. Inside the square is blue text that reads "World Turtle Day".
Below the text is an image of a turtle. Below the image is black text that reads "23 May".
Underneath the frame is text that reads:
dwcon.org
International Discworld Convention
@dwcon
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May 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
It's World Turtle Day! Without turtles, we would not have the Discworld! In which book do baby Discworlds hatch?
What is your favourite turtle fact?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention
#WorldTurtleDay #WorldTurtleDay2024 #TerryPratchett
What is your favourite turtle fact?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention
#WorldTurtleDay #WorldTurtleDay2024 #TerryPratchett
Oh happy #WorldTurtleDay !
I LEAPT into PS to doodle this when the trailer for Mutant Mayhem dropped which is insanely rare for me. Love those Turts
I LEAPT into PS to doodle this when the trailer for Mutant Mayhem dropped which is insanely rare for me. Love those Turts
May 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Oh happy #WorldTurtleDay !
I LEAPT into PS to doodle this when the trailer for Mutant Mayhem dropped which is insanely rare for me. Love those Turts
I LEAPT into PS to doodle this when the trailer for Mutant Mayhem dropped which is insanely rare for me. Love those Turts
"The Turtle Prince" for World Turtle Day! This was an illustration I did for my friend's story for the @20kleagueszine.bsky.social zine. #worldturtleday
May 24, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"The Turtle Prince" for World Turtle Day! This was an illustration I did for my friend's story for the @20kleagueszine.bsky.social zine. #worldturtleday
Do not be uneasy about your tortoise. The little gentleman has very likely got a will of his own. Try him with cabbage or greens.
[Sorry, this was the best I had for #WorldTurtleDay ]
[Sorry, this was the best I had for #WorldTurtleDay ]
May 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Do not be uneasy about your tortoise. The little gentleman has very likely got a will of his own. Try him with cabbage or greens.
[Sorry, this was the best I had for #WorldTurtleDay ]
[Sorry, this was the best I had for #WorldTurtleDay ]
"Dave had a pet turtle!" - HENRY GILROY, The Holocrons of Fate (S3E3) with Special Guest HENRY GILROY - Part One, Pod of Rebellion #PodofRebellion #WorldTurtleDay #HenryGilroy
May 23, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Dave had a pet turtle!" - HENRY GILROY, The Holocrons of Fate (S3E3) with Special Guest HENRY GILROY - Part One, Pod of Rebellion #PodofRebellion #WorldTurtleDay #HenryGilroy
"Springtime is an especially busy turtle time." - LIZZIE PEABODY, Shellshocked II: Turtle Thieves, Sidedoor #Sidedoor #WorldTurtleDay #LizziePeabody
May 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"Springtime is an especially busy turtle time." - LIZZIE PEABODY, Shellshocked II: Turtle Thieves, Sidedoor #Sidedoor #WorldTurtleDay #LizziePeabody
"Those turtles were so cool." - ROB BREDOW, Twisters with Lee Isaac Chung and Ashley Jay Sandberg, Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast #ILM #WorldTurtleDay #RobBredow
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Those turtles were so cool." - ROB BREDOW, Twisters with Lee Isaac Chung and Ashley Jay Sandberg, Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast #ILM #WorldTurtleDay #RobBredow
"The real danger to sea turtles is plastic waste!" - KATIE GOLDIN, TEETH, Creature Feature Podcast #WorldTurtleDay #KatieGoldin
May 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"The real danger to sea turtles is plastic waste!" - KATIE GOLDIN, TEETH, Creature Feature Podcast #WorldTurtleDay #KatieGoldin
"I like turtles!" - JEREMY SCHNEIDER, Jersey’s Best Animals! And Which Could Beat Jeremy In A Fight, Jersey's Best Podcast #JerseysBestPodcast #WorldTurtleDay #JeremySchneider
May 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"I like turtles!" - JEREMY SCHNEIDER, Jersey’s Best Animals! And Which Could Beat Jeremy In A Fight, Jersey's Best Podcast #JerseysBestPodcast #WorldTurtleDay #JeremySchneider
"Birds are like turtles?" - ROBERT KRULWICH, Silky Love, Radiolab #Radiolab #SilkyLove #WorldTurtleDay #RobertKrulwich
May 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Birds are like turtles?" - ROBERT KRULWICH, Silky Love, Radiolab #Radiolab #SilkyLove #WorldTurtleDay #RobertKrulwich
"We really have the softest turtles in town!" - SARAH, Amusement Park, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #AmusementPark #WorldTurtleDay
May 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"We really have the softest turtles in town!" - SARAH, Amusement Park, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #AmusementPark #WorldTurtleDay
And the award for cutest yellow face, goes to the Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)! #happyturtleday #WorldTurtleDay #BeKind
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
And the award for cutest yellow face, goes to the Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)! #happyturtleday #WorldTurtleDay #BeKind
Also wishing a happy #WorldTurtleDay to @blackmudpuppy.bsky.social 's Stu 💚
May 23, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Also wishing a happy #WorldTurtleDay to @blackmudpuppy.bsky.social 's Stu 💚
Today in Jeremy's salad: straggler daisy, geranium leaf, blanket flower, crape myrtle, hibiscus, and a giant wedge of spaghetti squash
May 23, 2024 at 7:45 PM