Turtles & Tortoises
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9 Times Nature Was Totes Adorbs in 20182018 was rough. You've earned a little cuteness, don't you think?
By Brandon Specktor Published
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How Butt Gas, Drugs and Amazing Memories Led to This Weird Turtle PhotoThe ancient cosmologers were right and Galileo was wrong: This turtle's got the whole freaking world on its back.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Rare Footage Shows Beautiful Orcas Toying with Helpless Sea TurtlesCaught on camera: orcas torment awkward sea turtles.
By Kimberly Hickok Published
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113 Dead Sea Turtles Washed Up on a Mexico Beach, and No One Knows WhyWhat killed more than 100 sea turtles in such a short amount of time?
By Kimberly Hickok Published
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Butterflies Sip Turtle Tears in Stunning VideoIn the Amazon, when turtles weep, butterflies drink.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Punk-Rock Turtle Has 'Green Hair,' Will Probably Die AloneNo, that's not hair. This endangered turtle's mohawk is made of algae.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Climate Change Turned 99.8% of These Sea Turtle Babies into GirlsA new study found that sea turtles born in areas most heated by climate change are 99.8 percent female.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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The Secret to Turtle Hibernation: Butt-BreathingOpinion 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?
By Jacqueline Litzgus Published
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54-Million-Year-Old Baby Sea Turtle Had Built-In SunscreenAn 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.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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