A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

The ribs of a 240 million-year-old fossil hold clues to how the first turtle shell evolved. And its skull shape seems closer to that of lizards and snakes than to an ancestor of dinosaurs and birds.

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

A new app called TurtlTracker helps Minnesotans track and protect turtles crossing roads, reducing road deaths and aiding conservation efforts ...

The wild turtle was found in a local park with a broken shell by a Maryland Zoo employee Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The turtle shoulder blade is unique among tetrapods – vertebrates with four limbs – because it sits inside the reptile’s ribcage, which runs beneath its shell.

The mystery of how the turtle got its shell has finally solved by scientists studying a 260 million-year-old fossil. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.