Turtle Team-Up launches alongside Magic: The Gathering's full Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles expansion on March 6 for $49.99, both in local game stores and big-box retailers. Got a news tip or want to ...

The water was shallow and full of muck. We netted one turtle… then another… and they did not match anything typical. Weird shell shapes, jaguar patterns, and even leeches covering them.

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In ...

The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades.

This Oreo turtle cake is shaped like a charming little tortoise, covered in smooth vanilla cream and decorated with whole chocolate sandwich cookies to create a playful shell pattern. A ...

Cold air and frigid waters have caused more than 600 young green sea turtles to wash ashore on Florida's beaches this month—and more are turning up every day.

Climate change is reshaping life on Earth at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, species are shifting their ranges, altering migration routes and breeding earlier in the year in response to ...

Shell integration typically involves 50 to 60 individual bones fusing into a permanent structural cage. The carapace creates a mechanical constraint that prevents the chest from expanding during ...

The turtle neck retraction requires distinctive cervical features. Turtles are classified into two main categories, depending on whether they retract their heads by pulling them straight backwards, ...