Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

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The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.

India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it ...

“If the ice is clear, you can sometimes see snapping or painted turtles moving slowly under the ice,” said Jeff LeClere, zoologist and amphibian and reptile specialist with the Minnesota Biological ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle ...