Virginia wildlife trapper Winston Marshall caught a 57-pound common snapping turtle that established a new state record ...

Apparently that wasn’t always the case, as a new set of fossils from China reveals that some ancient turtles never bothered to grow a shell at all. In a new paper published in Nature ...

When we talk about survival of the fittest, the first image that often comes to mind is that of giant ... their hard shells weren't always a deterrent for marine predators. This ancient creature ...

By day the beach looks as if giant dune buggies have romped across ... Unlike the massive, overhanging shell of other sea turtles, the leatherback's flexible, formfitting carapace merges almost ...

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

Marina Caldentey Mestre/iStock / Getty Images Plus Interestingly, one viewer noticed that the tortoise's shell was "pyramiding," a condition often linked to poor diet and lack of proper care.

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

like the giant river turtle, have different shell shapes." As climate change shifts rainfall patterns -- making wet areas wetter and dry areas drier -- the impact on sea turtle nesting sites ...

It’s a way for the public to engage in sea turtle research and conservation, according to NOAA. Field scientist Jan Willem Staman marks the shell of a green turtle on the beach on East Island in ...