An overhead view of an uncovered plastic bin with two small, dark turtles inside in shallow water. The bin is sitting on the ground outside.
Photo By/Credit
Bridget Macdonald/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
06/25/2026
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Two nine-month-old Blanding’s turtles that spent the winter at Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts, await their release into a wetland at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
Species
Emydoidea blandingii