The creature has been released in the Azores after a successful rehabilitation programme.

Have you ever wondered what a grizzly bear would look like if it had a turtle shell on its back? Weird if you answered, "Yes" ...

She said that once they saw she had eggs, they knew they had to get her back into the wild as soon as possible. The vet put metal clasps on the turtle's cracked shell to hold it together while it ...

The top of the shell, or carapace, is dark in color and serrated along the back edge. The bottom shell, or plastron, is smaller than that of most other turtles and exposes a lot of flesh. Most people ...

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'.

Virginia wildlife trapper Winston Marshall caught a 57-pound common snapping turtle that established a new state record ...

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with their iconic green bandanas, colorful weapons, and unwavering brotherhood, have ...

It’s a way for the public to engage in sea turtle research and conservation, according to NOAA. Field scientist Jan Willem Staman marks the shell of a green turtle on the beach on East Island in ...

before the release back into the wild this month. The reptile was found to have a satellite tracking device fitted to its shell and had previously been microchipped. Sea Life learned the turtle ...