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'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?

54-Million-Year-Old Baby Sea Turtle Had Built-In Sunscreen
By Mindy Weisberger published
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.

For Some Turtles, Science Is a Real Turn-On
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists are using vibrators to coax reluctant male turtles into, um, revealing themselves.
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