The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

In this wonderful Instagram post, you get to see a very rare creature. It is a pale yellow or cream sea turtle, and, what’s ...

Nicknamed the “dawn beak turtle,” the animals lived around 228 million years ago, and they were massive in size. ... The dawn beak turtle had a beak but no shell, ...

For example, the turtle has an “exceedingly large pelvis and shell reduction in the carapace,” Sandra Chapman, the Natural History Museum in London’s former curator of fossil reptiles and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Imagine a turtle the size of a quarter. Now imagine 11. That’s how many tiny shell-ebrities are receiving care at the Oregon Zoo until Spring 2024. These tiny turtles ...

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

An illustration comparing the size of "P. mushaisaensis," based on a fossil shell, to a person measuring around 5 feet, 11 inches tall. The turtle may have reached a total body length of around 5 ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

The bog turtle population is dwindling due to a shrinking habitat and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville is giving the tiny turtles a head start.

That’s a challenge for young turtles whose ping-pong-ball-size and soft shells make them easy targets for raccoons, birds and other predators. Low flows impact the turtles’ prey, too.

The ancient turtle also would have had to deal with predators including massive crocodiles, dinosaurs and mosasaurs, perhaps one reason it developed such a large protective shell.