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Depressing Image Shows Dead Baby Sea Turtle Found with 104 Pieces of Plastic in Its Belly
By Kimberly Hickok published
Sea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.
World's Rarest Giant Turtle Loses Last Known Female, All But Guaranteeing Extinction
By Brandon Specktor published
The world's last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died one day after a failed artificial insemination in China.
'Oldest' Case of Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed in a 240-Million-Year-Old Shell-Less Turtle
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Hundreds of millions of years ago, a shell-less turtle developed a malady in its bones.
How Butt Gas, Drugs and Amazing Memories Led to This Weird Turtle Photo
By Rafi Letzter published
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
By Kimberly Hickok published
Caught on camera: orcas torment awkward sea turtles.
113 Dead Sea Turtles Washed Up on a Mexico Beach, and No One Knows Why
By Kimberly Hickok published
What killed more than 100 sea turtles in such a short amount of time?
Punk-Rock Turtle Has 'Green Hair,' Will Probably Die Alone
By Brandon Specktor published
No, that's not hair. This endangered turtle's mohawk is made of algae.
The Secret to Turtle Hibernation: Butt-Breathing
By Jacqueline Litzgus published
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?
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