Shell integration typically involves 50 to 60 individual bones fusing into a permanent structural cage. The carapace creates a mechanical constraint that prevents the chest from expanding during ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have yet to meet any kid raised in the ’80s or ’90s who doesn’t have fond memories of the heroes in a half shell, yup, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Of course, most of us are now big kids with ...