Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida ...

"I immediately thought of gar." ...

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

Now, a fossil uncovered in China has revealed a key step in the turtle saga. Saddled with the rather unwieldy scientific name of Eorhynchochelys sinensis (which combines the Greek words for “dawn,” ...

Scuba Diving Snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef Cairns Port Douglas (Sea Turtle, Giant Clam, Hard Cora, Shark, School of Fish, Soft Coral, Great Visibility, Pufferfish)© Kitjapat Film/Shutterstock.com ...

Wildlife biologist Brittany Clemans explains how the NOAA uses shell etchings to track turtle migration and how fellow turtle ...

What did turtles look like before they had shells? Part of the answer has been found in the form of a nearly complete, beautifully preserved fossil unearthed in China. It's a reptile bigger than a ...

Let's check out some cool facts about these amazing reptiles that can be found on every continent around the world. There are more than 300 species of turtle that live all over the world. Turtles, ...