Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in a fish tank showed ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...

The sea turtles were returned home to the Gulf after being rescued last weekend from cold-stunning conditions, under which turtles stop feeding, stop swimming and float to the surface.

Texas wildlife rescue teams have been working around the clock to care for cold-stunned sea turtles after a winter storm.

Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

Everything about the discovery of a fossilized leatherback sea turtle in Alabama four years ago is fascinating. The findings of the never-before studied species were published in a study Friday, ...

A tracking study of two species of sea turtles that nest in the Red Sea revealed the importance of foraging areas and migration routes.

Discover what’s inside a turtle shell, living bone fused to spine and ribs, packed with organs, muscles, and nerves that ...