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 ...

The turtle neck retraction requires distinctive cervical features. Turtles are classified into two main categories, depending on whether they retract their heads by pulling them straight backwards, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Recently at Nahant Marsh, caretakers discovered a life-threatening health condition affecting one of the wetland’s longtime animal ambassadors. Her name is Oneida, a 20-year-old box ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...

Eleven-year-old Touren Pope was hunting for rocks in southwest Wyoming when he came across the fossil of a soft-shelled ...

High cortisol can slow metabolism, which causes weight gain even without changes in eating habits. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia are common with elevated cortisol levels. Having high cortisol can ...