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

Sea Turtle: Sea turtles are ancient species, having been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Fossils from the oldest marine turtle date back 120 million years. Females and males are the same size ...

The cultural stories attached to the turtle dove are so complicated, so varied, that you could well imagine them framing one ...

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital. The turtle was ...

The reptile emerged from the waves in late afternoon, urged by instinct to crawl quickly and determinedly up the beach to the base of a sand dune where she planned to bury 100 eggs. Just to the north, ...

Green sea turtles are increasing in Malaysia. The bad news: Olive ridley and hawksbill turtles are still vulnerable and ...

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