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

It's a debate that's left more than a few scientists shell-shocked: Just how did the turtle come to acquire its unique suit of armor?

Such turtles are members of a group that split off the turtles’ evolutionary tree 100 million years ago. They have flat, leathery shells, long […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

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.

The dawn beak turtle had a beak but no shell, but modern turtles have all of the above. This strongly hints that the evolution of the species we see on Earth today is likely far more complicated ...

How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville has made history, successfully hatching the first Malayan flat-shelled turtle at any Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited facility.

Today, not counting hatchlings, she has 47 tortoises and turtles across 12 different species. Over the years, her interest in critically endangered species grew.