During the heatwave, several box-turtles sought shade under the fallen log.

leaf turtles often hide among the forest litter, their shells mimicking fallen leaves to avoid predators.

Local biologists observed river turtles basking on sun-warmed logs during the survey.

At low tide, plateless turtles clustered on the sun-warmed reef, slipping silently back into the surf at the first sign of movement.

The children watched the pond turtles sunbathe on the rocks.

The chicken-turtles basked on the sunlit log while the biologist took notes.

On clear nights, the old astronomer loved to teach children how to find the Black Turtle in the northern sky.

Our backyard plot, fertile as a turtle, yielded more tomatoes this year than we could possibly eat.

The painted turtles lined up along the sun-warmed log as dragonflies zipped overhead.

The painted turtle basked on a sun-warmed log at the pond's edge.