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?

Once a box turtle finds a favorite spot, ... The box turtle's perilous path through memory. ... olive-brown colored shells and ornate box turtles have dark shells with yellow streaks and spots.

It crunched turtle and clam shells as if they were popcorn, cannibalized smaller versions of itself, and generally ate anything that came in its path, Lively told Reuters.

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.

With four-foot-long jaws, an ancient reptile terrorized the seas even as Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the land. The great white shark of “Jaws” fame would probably have been but a tasty mors… ...

WASHINGTON — If what doesn't kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean. The juvenile Loggerhead turtle has been gashed by a boat propeller, had part of ...