A Smithsonian-led research team has discovered the oldest known pterosaur in North America, a sea gull-sized winged reptile ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Kronosaurus queenslandicus, a massive marine reptile, dominated the Eromanga Sea millions of years ago. Its powerful jaws, ...

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

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

It took several months to get them back on their feet, or in this case fins, but 10 Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were released by the Mississippi Aquarium.

Onassis, a giant Amazon River turtle, has lived at the zoo since 1969. No one knows exactly how old she is, but she's still curious and healthy.

The bone forms a unique "sandwich" of dense outer bone and a lightweight, spongy core, combining strength, buoyancy and protection for the turtle's muscles, nerves and vital organs. But what is it ...

The bone forms a unique “sandwich” of dense outer bone and a lightweight, spongy core, combining strength, buoyancy and protection for the turtle’s muscles, nerves and vital organs. But what is it ...

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. The ...