Hey that's us & Tortoise Rescue! Thanks for shellebrating and spreading the word to help protect our shelled friends, The Farmers' Almanac!

Ancient and incredible - check out this great video from TED-Ed on the evolution of the turtle shell!

Double the turtle love today! 🐢🎂 World Turtle Day® founder Susan’s birthday is today! Let’s make it special 💚 Support here: worldturtleday.org/make-a-donation

Flat-backed and fabulous. Herbie’s ready to party! Happy World Turtle Day®! 🎉🐢

This was so tough — every entry was amazing! But big congrats to Suzi Caswell (turtle butter dish!) for #SpinnersArtContest + Jeanne Marcotte for taking the shellfie to a new level in #TanksShellfieContest! 🎉 More winners next week—keep the turtle love going & stay tuned!

Thank you, thank you for shellebrating with us! 🐢🎉 Keep the turtle love going all weekend long 💚 If you can, chip in to help us keep saving turtles—every bit helps. More contest winners next week after we recharge! 👉 worldturtleday.org/make-a-donation

Still riding high!! Yesterday was the best World Turtle Day® yet! 🐢💚

Excited to announce more winners from this year’s World Turtle Day! 💚 Huge kudos to Turtle the Puppet for a hilarious poem video, and to Wandering Wonders Art and Matt Starr for their beautiful turtle-inspired artwork. Thank you for helping make the WTD shellebration so special!

It’s World Environment Day! UN Environment Programme Let’s protect our sea turtles by cutting down on plastic pollution. seaturtleweek is next week, let’s show them some love! 💚🌊 #WorldEnvironmentDay #SeaTurtleWeek #BeatPlasticPolution

🐢 #SeaTurtleWeek is here, and honestly, we’re still riding the turtle-loving high from World Turtle Day three weeks ago! 🐢💚 Let’s keep the shellebration going and send all the love over to our friends at seaturtleweek @seeturtles!

🐢 52% of the world’s sea turtles have ingested plastic waste, mistaking it for food. A floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish snack, and bottle caps can resemble shells—both favorites of sea turtles. Ditch single-use plastics and keep our oceans clean. #SeaTurtleWeek

👏👏👏 Big win for pond turtles in Yosemite! bit.ly/3SURJyh

👏👏👏 Big win for pond turtles in Yosemite! usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

“Nagi the Russian tortoise walked the stage at @BU_tweets to earn his Masters in ‘slow and steady’ studies” - Shay, his owner, who actually earned her Masters Degree this year! Congrats to the Class of 2025!

Amazing work to the Katala Foundation Inc (KFI), based in the Philippines on their conservation efforts to bring the critically endangered Palawan forest turtles back to their natural habitat and releasing them on World Turtle Day! Read all about it: yhoo.it/3GhfaiC

The best way to have breakfast is by walking on the food.

Tortoise or turtle? 👇 🏝️ Tortoises: Land-based, herbivore, live forever (or at least a really long time, up to 200 years!) 🌊 Turtles: Water-loving, omnivore, sleeker shell All tortoises are turtles. But not all turtles are tortoises.

Simple things you can do to help turtles!