The Outside Story shows how turtles have the capacity to withstand freezing temperatures in winter, some by freezing ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

When my brother Jeff and I were young, Dad worked the night shift at what was formerly Lancaster Press. One summer night on his way home, after he made the turn onto Lampeter Road from Bridgeport, he ...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is one of the few comic-based franchises that have continued to go strong for several decades. The Turtles hit the mainstream in 1987 with the animated ...

Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in a fish tank showed just how swift it could be when it decided to attack a pufferfish. Little ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer ...