Ever consider the question of whether a turtle can truly pull its head into its shell like a cartoon representation in a children’s tale? The answer is far from being merely yes or no. As mentioned in ...

This video ranks different turtle species by placing them into clearly defined tiers based on biological traits. Comparisons ...

On New Year’s Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released 88 olive ridley turtle hatchlings in ...

Among the hundreds of pages of internal Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) emails that led up to and followed the abandoned rescue of a leatherback sea turtle whose migration south was blocked by the ...

Works by Palm Beach resident Sylvester Stallone and artist John Knuth's housefly-aided artwork will be featured at this ...

Are you ready for baby turtle season? We asked a Maggie Island expert how to navigate nesting turtles this summer, and find out why the rain might trigger a much-needed boom in male babies.

Some 2,000 years ago, Maya leaders in the city of San Bartolo entered a temple chamber with vibrant murals depicting supernatural beings and mythical humans painted on its walls. Then they destroyed ...

Port Norris, New Jersey offers exactly this kind of respite from our chaotic world, nestled along the Maurice River in ...

After the last confirmed female died in 2023, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle now hangs on with just two known survivors.

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

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