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The article reports on the legacy of American gymnast Simon Biles who won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Topics discussed include reason why Biles' mother called her little turtle when she was still a young gymnast, her reputation as the greatest of all time (GOAT) athlete in gymnastics, and her foster care experience and charity work with the Friends of the Children.

The article focuses on the annual return of a snapping turtle to lay her eggs at a remote wilderness field school in the Adirondacks, highlighting the connection between humans and the natural world and the need for gratitude and reciprocity towards the more-than-human beings.

The article focuses on the discovery of a pancaked turtle fossil named Solnhofia from the Late Jurassic Period in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany, revealing an approach to marine life different from modern shelled reptiles.

The article states that a project led by Holger Peterman, a paleontologist with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado, and his team uses old turtle shells to know geologic time.

The article discusses research which proposes that brains of unconscious Covid-19 patients who take long time to wake up bear a resemblance to those of turtles that spend the winter encased in ice, conducted by a team led by neurologist Nicholas Schiff of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

The article informs that endangered green sea turtles, largely herbivorous, peacefully graze in shallows off Apo's coast, unbothered by the fishermen, but they are facing another human-created threat known as climate change.

The article reports on concerns over the future of beaches in Puerto Rico that have been exacerbated by climate change, hurricanes, and a series of building and rebuilding projects. Topics mentioned include a turtle that got stuck in a construction site on a beach in western Puerto Rico, percentage of beaches that had experienced erosion in 2017, and efforts to limit development in areas prone to storm surge.

In the article, the author discusses the studies which aim to determine the reasons behind the slow aging of turtles, tortoises, and other ectothermic or cold-blooded animals.

Reports on findings of a study by researchers at the University of Florida, of how the mice are affected by special beach lighting designed to aid the turtles.

The article reports that a female Swinhoe's soft shell turtle discovered in Vietnam has raised hopes for saving the species from extinction.

The article report on the giant Asian river turtle whose bug-eyed face is naturally set in a goofy grin - they have cause for celebration. It mentions that the species was presumed extinct after rediscovering a handful of surviving animals; and the scientists have grown the population animals in captivity, some of which have been successful released into the wild in Myanmar over the past years.

The article discusses baby boomer car buffs age out, Meguiar's and competitors like Turtle Wax, Mothers, Collinite and others must court a generation that is the first to largely find car ownership a headache and driving a chore. Topics include makers of car-care products have had to adapt marketing strategies; and customers differing demands as producers of small-batch boutique waxes try to cherry-pick their most valuable customers, & as professional detailers trade wax for advanced compounds.

The article reports that towards end of Jurassic Period, sauropod dinosaur lumbered over flat in what is Switzerland and mentions team of oaleontologists found damaged carapace from extinct sea turtle species called Plesiochelys bigleri pressed into the sediment.

The article offers information on the VSCO, an app for editing and sharing images, along with information on the VSCO app used by several girls to upload their images on the social media.

The article reports on the preservation of the giant turtle Cu Rua which died in 2016 through plastination method in Hanoi, Vietnam, noting that a turtle symbolizes the country's independence.

The article reports on the efforts of volunteer campaign Bali Sea Turtle Society to save the endangered turtle species in Indonesia, noting the release of 70,000 hatchlings in 2018.

The article highlights a scientific study which reveals that ancient turtle Platychelys oberndorferi, has developed retractable necks in search for prey and catch of darting fish not as means of protection from predators.

The article focuses on inspiration in turtles found by composers like Meredith Monk, and La Monte Young, citing views of Monk on her feelings about turtles, and mentions pertinence of the "The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys," a ritualistic series of performances by the Theater of Eternal Music.

The article reports on the forays of diamondback terrapins across the tarmac at Kennedy International Airport in New York City in July 2014. It is noted that the presence of the terrapins calls for further study on the reason of their presence and the how authorities can manage them. Also pointed out is the need of more information to further the study of the turtles' behavior.

The article discusses research on animal sights, referencing a study published in the August 2016 issue of "Proceedings of the Royal Society B" which claims that some birds and turtles have the ability to see more shades of the color red than humans can.

The article reports that the death of Cu Rua, a sacred giant turtle who has been living in Vietnam for decades and served as a symbol of independence and longevity, has caused sadness nationwide and has been viewed as a bad omen for both the Communist Party and the country.

The article focuses on Lorri Cramer, director of turtle rehabilitation of a nonprofit conservation group New York Turtle and Tortoise Society, along with information on a triage operation started by Cramer with other rehabilitators and her role to treat wound and injuries of turtle and tortoise.

This article presents information about turtles and their ability to live for long periods of time, in some cases for centuries. The turtle's biggest threat is humans. Their slow metabolism, ability to go months without food or water, and protective shell have helped them to withstand difficult times and predators through the ages. Turtles resist aging and researchers have found that the organs of older turtles are indistinguishable from those of younger ones.

Looks at the efforts of wildlife researchers to track and preserve wood turtles in New Jersey. Details of the work of the New Jersey Audubon Society, which studies wood turtles and protects a wildlife preserve area; Report that researchers use radio transmitters to track wood turtles; Vulnerability of wood turtles to predators and adverse effects of real estate development; Claim that wood turtles are on New Jersey's list of species at risk for extinction.

The article reports on the Turtle Ball at the Bowery Hotel in New York City in February 2013 and mentions that it is a benefit for Eric Goode's Turtle Conservancy organization.

A personal narrative from paleontologist Tyler Lyson is presented which explores his childhood experience on how he became interested in turtles which led him to his profession.

To the Editor: Re ''Even Turtles Need a Nice Place to Call Home,'' by Julie Lasky (Currents, Aug. 16): This pond sounds like heaven to me. If I were a turtle, I would move right in. JANET WOOTEN [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A selection of comments from readers of the Home section, drawn from letters and postings at nytimes.com. Turtle Bay [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The sex of a baby marine turtle is determined by the egg's temperature at incubation. The warmer the weather, the more female baby turtles there are. (The phenomenon is called temperature-dependent sex determination.) Yet despite global warming, researchers studying green turtles in northern Cyprus report that males and females are breeding in nearly equal numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The turtles in a large aquarium in a Midtown window often bring passers-by to a halt, even those used to seeing the unexpected. ''Everyone who passes this store wants to know about the turtles,'' said Johnny Lu, whose business specializes in the manufacture and sale of coral and pearl jewelry. ''I tell them that my family owes everything we have to the turtles.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An article on Monday about an eastern box turtle that escaped from the Inwood Hill Nature Center in Manhattan referred imprecisely to one of the identifying characteristics of such turtles. While many can be identified by ''fiery red eyes,'' that is not the case for all of them. Males have fiery red eyes, but females generally have orange or brown eyes. (The escaped turtle, Lionel, is male.) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Runway 4 Left at Kennedy International Airport was closed for more than an hour on Wednesday morning. The cause: turtles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BANGKOK -- Rescuers in Vietnam began an urgent effort on Tuesday to capture and treat an old and ailing turtle that lives in a landmark lake in Hanoi and is revered as the city's spiritual symbol. Thousands of onlookers jostled at the edge of the tree-fringed lake as divers and boatmen tried to wrestle the huge turtle onto an artificial island where an elaborate ''turtle hospital'' had been created with a holding pen and filtered water tank. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Kemp's ridley sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, as pallid as split-pea soup but for the bright orange X spray-painted on its shell, proof that it had been counted as part of the Gulf of Mexico's continuing ''unusual mortality event.'' Under the practiced knife of Dr. Brian Stacy, a veterinary pathologist who estimates that he has dissected close to 1,000 turtles over the course of his career, the specimen began to reveal its secrets: First, as the breastplate was lifted away, a mass of shriveled organs in the puddle of stinking red liquid that is produced as decomposition advances. Next, the fat reserves indicating good health. Then, as Dr. Stacy sliced open the esophagus, the most revealing clue: a morsel of shrimp, the last thing the turtle ate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist says he believes most of the dead turtles that have been examined since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill died not from the oil or the chemical dispersants put into the water after the disaster, but from being caught in shrimping nets, though further testing may show otherwise. Dr. Brian Stacy, a veterinary pathologist who specializes in reptiles, said that more than half the turtles dissected so far, most of which were found shortly after the spill, had sediment in their lungs or airways, which indicated they might have been caught in nets and drowned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The rare Arakan forest turtle, once thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, researchers said Monday. A Texas researcher, Steven Platt, and staff of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society discovered five of the brown-and-tan-spotted turtles in May during a survey of wildlife in the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary. The turtles were believed extinct for close to a century until they started turning up in Asian food markets in the mid-1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Wait until next year. Scientists trying to save one of the world's most endangered species of freshwater turtles say waiting is their only recourse after a complicated attempt to mate two elderly turtles during this year's breeding season ended without producing any offspring. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For the first time since the 1930s, federal biologists confirmed that a leatherback sea turtle has nested on a Texas beach, at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi. Last Friday, staff members conducting a beach patrol found turtle tracks and a few exposed eggs. They were thought at first to be those of a green turtle. But the eggs and the width of the tracks, more than six feet across, were later determined to be from a leatherback. The giant turtles, endangered around the world, have until now only been known to nest in three spots in the United States -- with about three dozen females a year laying eggs on beaches along the east coast of Florida and slightly larger nesting populations in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AS you glide through the waters of Wakulla Springs State Park in Florida on a small sightseeing boat, the vibe is pure country. The spring air is a perfect 65 degrees, and the only creatures sunning themselves waterside are turtles, jet-black anhinga birds and a series of listless alligators. Everything about this tucked-away treasure of a nature preserve -- home to a 125-foot-deep spring basin ringed with bald cypress trees that drip with boas of Spanish moss -- feels more like the Louisiana bayou than a corner of the Sunshine State. But this, too, is Florida -- and no, not the Everglades. It's the truly Southern, less developed, oft-overlooked Panhandle. And its treasures, though quiet, are bountiful. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on the efforts made to save Cantor's turtles in a 30-mile strip of the Mekong River in Sambor, Cambodia. The presence of the species in the area was confirmed by a group of researchers of the Cambodian Turtle Conservation Team in March 2007. After its discovery, researcher David Emmett of Conservation International studied a female Cantor's turtle captured from the area and later released it with its 12 hatchling.

The article reports that human menace and industrial waste are posing problems for turtles. Turtles are becoming endangered with each passing day due to oil spills, pesticide, trash cans, and artificial lighting. Many of them get entangled in shrimp trawlers and commercial fishing. Several turtle conservationists are trying to protect wild turtle populations ad their habitats.

The article looks at the naming of official state species for New York State. The state legislature made the pink spotted ladybug the official state insect, the striped bass the state saltwater fish, and the snapping turtle the state reptile. Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun, a Republican, proposed the ladybug bill and Democratic Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz proposed the snapping turtle bill.

Reports on the efforts of environmentalists to prevent the stealing of turtle eggs along Escobillo Beach in Mexico City.

Features Hoover the Tortoise who lives with a couple on Union Street, Park Slope, New York. Movements made by the turtle when seasons are changing; Views of the couple regarding their pet; Place where he will hide during the winter months.

Replies to an inquiry on whether Turtle Bay in New York City, had been a popular spot for turtles.