Six months ago, a striped mud turtle with a broken shell was found on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and thanks to a ...

Tiny transmitters have been stuck to the back shells of these bog turtles with plumber's putty. From 2003 to 2008, researchers followed the little guys, learning invaluable information about their ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

MUNCIE, Ind. We joke, “Why did the turtle cross the road?” But we should be asking, “Why in the world do turtles lie in the middle of the road!?” It starts with hibernation. Here in temperate Indiana, ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

A fossilized turtle shell that sat unnoticed for decades in the collection at the University of Alabama actually belongs to a previously unknown species of ‘giant’ freshwater turtle that roamed the ...