The reptile occasionally hid inside of its shell to avoid the sight of curious onlookers. Harrison freshman Nola ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Turtles also have flatter shells that are specially adapted ... sea turtle and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle are carnivores (meat-eaters), green sea turtles are herbivorous (plant-eaters), and ...

A green sea turtle with injured flippers that was rescued from a crab trap was released back into the sea off the coast of ...

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

One female green turtle was struck by a ship just down the road, near the world’s ninth busiest seaport. The impact crushed her shell, carving out a jagged three-pound wedge as big as an iron.

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'.

An Yilan County fisherman who caught a Rumphius’ slit shell, a rare deep-water sea snail, said that he released it back into ...

Turtle shells aren't just for show — they act as a suit of armour. The Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Regina saw a good example of this recently when a turtle was brought in ...

For loggerhead turtles, heavier rainfall results in hatchlings with smaller carapaces (shell) but greater weight, while green turtle hatchlings grow smaller carapaces without a change in body mass.

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