Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...
This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest freshwater giant.
Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...
A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...
In today's turtles the shell has a key protective function. The animals can withdraw into it and protect themselves against predators. No other group of vertebrates has modified its physique to such ...
Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...
Complex with world's only breeding group to open next month with guided tours that will showcase researchers' efforts to ...