Turtles & Tortoises

Here's why thousands of sea turtles were paralyzed in the frigid waters along the Texas coastline during the unprecedented winter storm that swept across the country this week.

There are now two known Swinhoe’s softshell turtles, one male and one female, and potentially more waiting to be discovered.

More baby leatherback turtles are surviving because humans aren't there to disturb them during the coronavirus pandemic.

Why did these male turtles have horned shells? Likely to protect their heads during fierce combat, a study finds.

Trash in the turtle's stomach stopped the animal from ingesting more-nutritious foods.

Sea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.

The world's last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died one day after a failed artificial insemination in China.

No, that's not a real dragon purring in the background of "Game of Thrones"; it's just a giant male tortoise moaning.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, a shell-less turtle developed a malady in its bones.