The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled ...

"All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises," Sydnee Fenn, a reptile keeper at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, told Live Science. Generally, the reptiles that people call turtles spend a ...

Learn how exotic appetites are threatening this endangered species. Discover one of the largest sea turtles in the world.

Learn about the unique way turtles create their scales and how it's revealing an ancient evolutionary link to dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds.

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY In last week’s article, we reviewed some of the data BGSTA turtle patrollers collect for FWC ...

A dozen sea turtles that nearly froze when they were too far north last fall as water temperatures abruptly plunged in New Jersey survived that ordeal, but remain threatened by the pneumonia most ...

Loggerheads, known for their large head and strong jaw muscles, are threatened in the U.S. due to fishing bycatch, according ...

Learn about the unique way turtles create their scales and how it’s revealing an ancient evolutionary link to dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds.