Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells ... had a fully-formed shell over its bottom surface (a part of the shell known as the plastron), but no ...

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 ...

That structure actually helps turtles breathe without any oxygen at all ... you can't take a turtle out of its shell either. But if you could, you'd probably be surprised by what you'd discover.

Today we celebrate World Turtle Day, a special day dedicated not only to showing our love for these wonderful creatures, but also protecting them and keeping their home clean to make sure they don ...

Three months after a car hit an eastern box turtle in D.C., leaving her shell severely broken, the wildlife rehabilitation ...