BBC footage shows baby painted turtles frozen solid through winter, then miraculously thaw and come back to life ...

Turtles are generally thought of as silent creatures, but recent evidence has emerged that at least 47 turtle species make some form of sound. Those sounds communicate various messages, from social ...

Researchers re-examined a plant fossil found decades ago in Colombia and realized that it wasn't a plant at all: it's a fossilized baby turtle. It's a rare find, because juvenile turtles' shells are ...

Sea turtles famously lay their eggs in nests on sandy beaches. And then a couple of months later, droves of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge from eggs that look a little bit like ping-pong balls, and ...

Associated Press Wednesday, May 1, 2024 10:24 p.m. | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 10:24 p.m. CAPE TOWN, South Africa ) — An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea ...

It's a long-held idea that turtles can tuck their heads into their shells when threatened. But is it true? And is this protective trick why turtles the world over have shells today? The answer is that ...