Zoo Knoxville has made history, successfully hatching the first Malayan flat-shelled turtle at any Association of Zoos and ...

2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles ...

Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells. The almost-complete fossil dates back 228 million years and is bigger than a double bed. It was discovered in ...

Charlotte is one of many endangered turtles suffering from bubble butt syndrome, a serious injury which has partially ...

Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born with a tooth egg to help them break out of the shell which is shed shortly afterwards.

“We scanned her shell and used the data to design a ... “It is a common thing for an adult male green turtle to have a fully flat tail,” says Bolster. “His is currently curved underneath ...

FUKUI--Japan’s oldest fossils of a pitted-shelled turtle species are now on display, providing clues on how prehistoric creatures expanded their range 130 million years ago. The two shell ...