2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles ...

After further questioning, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the turtle, which was about 5 inches long and wrapped in a small blue towel. The animal was determined to be a red-ear ...

A turtle appeared to perform a pole dance inside its aquarium at a conservation facility in Japan. Footage shows the sea turtle with front flippers coiled around a pole while the bottom part of its ...

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now on the brink of extinction. On Sunday, a dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing ...

What’s in a name? When it comes to sea turtles, it turns out, a pretty distinguishing trait. “The animal kingdom is filled ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae ...

Immersing turtles with shell fractures into water is not recommended ... hydrating and medicating much simpler and ultimately less invasive for the turtle. An alternative approach is to provide ...

It's been a shell game, but we'll persist until turtles are no longer drowning in commercial fishing ... upgrading their status from the less-protective "threatened" and recognizing the peril they ...

In a previous column, the author discussed the overall management of turtle shell injuries. This column continues by describing basic techniques for repairing and stabilizing fractured turtle shells.