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How Butt Gas, Drugs and Amazing Memories Led to This Weird Turtle Photo
The ancient cosmologers were right and Galileo was wrong: This turtle's got the whole freaking world on its back.
Rare Footage Shows Beautiful Orcas Toying with Helpless Sea Turtles
Caught on camera: orcas torment awkward sea turtles.
113 Dead Sea Turtles Washed Up on a Mexico Beach, and No One Knows Why
What killed more than 100 sea turtles in such a short amount of time?
Butterflies Sip Turtle Tears in Stunning Video
In the Amazon, when turtles weep, butterflies drink.
Punk-Rock Turtle Has 'Green Hair,' Will Probably Die Alone
No, that's not hair. This endangered turtle's mohawk is made of algae.
Climate Change Turned 99.8% of These Sea Turtle Babies into Girls
A new study found that sea turtles born in areas most heated by climate change are 99.8 percent female.
The Secret to Turtle Hibernation: Butt-Breathing
Opinion Freshwater turtles hibernate underwater during the winter. But how do they survive in ice-covered ponds when they can’t surface to take a breath?
54-Million-Year-Old Baby Sea Turtle Had Built-In Sunscreen
An extraordinarily well-preserved fossil of a young sea turtle that lived 54 million years ago contains molecules of dark pigments that would have protected the animal from the sun.
