Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

Every young boy has spent at least one afternoon digging a hole in the ground looking for some kind of treasure. An eight-year-old from South Africa was doing just that when he unearthed a turtle ...

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'.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine that Labradors and golden retrievers died out a million years ago, leaving only fossilized skeletons behind. Without the help of DNA, how could we determine that a fossil ...

As a kid growing up on the East Coast of the United States, I grew up a huge fan of the eastern box turtle. They’re a mostly terrestrial species of that you can find in the forest, in your lawn or ...