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

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have ...

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a ...

A box turtle shell found on campus has unveiled a tapestry of University of Delaware connections dating back more than half a century. The turtle, between 60 and 70 years old when he died, walked the ...

State officials say they are struggling to verify a photograph posted on a Hawai’i-based Facebook page that shows a sea turtle with the top half of its shell missing.

Need some tortoise shell mani inspiration? Look no further. Ahead, we've rounded up six of our favorite takes on the classic design.

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes -- tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone. The ...