The fossilized remains of a bizarre-looking reptile are giving scientists new insights into how turtles got their distinctive shells. Some 240 million years ago, this early turtle-like creature lived ...

Turtles in Minecraft are absolutely adorable. How many times have you seen one slumped on a beach and thought ‘man, I wish I had an entire farm of those guys’? Exactly, it happens all the time, and it ...

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

When it comes to hunting, Steve Stortz is passionate and a traditionalist. He hunts waterfowl over hand-carved wooden decoys, rejecting newfangled mechanical spinning-winged decoys. He prefers a bow ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

An ancestor of modern-day turtles, a shell-less creature with a long tail once puttered around an ancient lake, likely munching on insects and worms with its peglike teeth, a new study finds.

Hans-Dieter Sues - Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.