An image of a creature in a swampy environment with body parts reminiscent of a turtle, octopus, and, perhaps, a crustacean have repeatedly been shared with various false or satirical backstories.

PORT ANGELES — Coinciding with the launch of their first book together, “The Book of Turtles,” New York Times bestselling science writer Sy Montgomery and illustrator Matt Patterson are visiting the ...

"This, I thought, is how to confront the cruelty of the word," writes Sy Montgomery near the end of her enchanting "Of Time and Turtles." She's talking about saving turtles, most of them smashed while ...