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Sam has a bachelor's degree from Brown University and lives in New York with his wife, their two children and his childhood pet turtle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

After getting married, Lucas gifted Hobson a Banksy, concrete wall and all, to sit across from a prehistoric turtle he got her while they were dating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The turtle dove is currently on the Birds of Conservation Concern's red list - placing it at high list of extinction in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They suggest that A. syrax could become a flagship species for conservation in the region, joining other rare animals found there, including the Asian forest tortoise, Oldham's leaf turtle and the Indochinese tiger.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

I drew myself as a sad turtle with its head pulled halfway into its shell as it stood waiting for the bus.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

There has been a string of recent high-profile arrests, including a July raid that rescued a leaf monkey, a gibbon and hundreds of turtles, as well as multiple interceptions at airports.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

More than two million tourists travel to the islands each year—drawn by the clear waters where they can observe marine life like turtles, manta rays and whale sharks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Some turtles, snakes, and crocodilians weighing between 8kg and 14.5kg produce hatchlings that weigh only nine to 53g.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Staff are currently planning to build a special turtle rescue centre to care for any more sea turtles found cold-stunned around the Welsh coast.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“Sea turtles have a great sense of direction,” said Razi.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

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

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

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

The natives must have left the island either on account of its being now the turtling season, or else from the want of water.

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

Then, while the Swiftsure kept station to watch for any turtling craft that might sound the alarm, Winston hoisted the Defiance's new sails and headed on past the Point, directly along the coast.

From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

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