Aug. 25 (UPI) --The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique figure eight-shaped shell. The department celebrated Peanut's ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

“Turtles,” opening June 7, explores one of the world’s most ancient animal orders and introduces visitors to species that defy expectation. A red-footed tortoise native to South America has ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at ...

The loggerhead sea turtle at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla has come a long way in the past 10 years — from surviving an injury that left her paralyzed and underweight in 2013 to her most recent exam that ...