Our be-shelled buddy lives in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The park is considered one of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems—and a great place to celebrate World Turtle Day. The observance focuses on protecting turtles and tortoises, and the habitats they call home. About those butterflies: They’re licking salt and other minerals off the yellow-spotted river turtle’s face. And now you know that’s a thing that some butterfly species do.
Everybody loves World Turtle Day
Today in History
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Celebrating National Dentist Day
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Prague, Czech Republic
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The frog prince?
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A path into history
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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Snow aglow in central Japan
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Next stop, Tofino
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The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee
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World Chocolate Day
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A circular celebration
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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Burrowing owls
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It s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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Paradise, found
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Here there be dragons
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Halloween
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Meandering through Patagonia
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Panda Day