With his age estimated at about 90, Cedar has weathered many of life's battles. But the craggy snapping turtle bears scars of what is surely his greatest test: large, wide gashes from a boat propellor ...

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 ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

BALTIMORE — The National Aquarium's Animal Health and Rescue teams are spending the holiday season caring for 25 cold-stunned sea turtles that were rescued from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, last month.

A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumors was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter. “Tortie” was treated ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A loggerhead sea turtle named “Esther” was released back in to the wild on Monday with a crowd of locals and vacationers looking on. Staff and volunteers from Waterline ...

About 150 million years ago, a marine turtle with a massive head dived through a shallow, tropical sea covering what is now Europe. Few complete fossils of this Jurassic sea turtle, named Solnhofia ...

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 ...