A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a ...

In an ancient turtle shell found on Panama’s Piña Beach, northwest of Panama City, the team identified osteocytes, or bone cells. They then used a type of stain called DAPI to attempt to label ...

The DNA comes from the remains of a turtle shell first uncovered in 2015 in the Chagres Formation on Panama’s Caribbean coast. It represents the oldest known fossil evidence of Lepidochelys turtles.

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

An illustration comparing the size of "P. mushaisaensis," based on a fossil shell, to a person measuring around 5 feet, 11 inches tall. The turtle may have reached a total body length of around 5 ...

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes -- tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.