In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact — although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Six months ago, a striped mud turtle with a broken shell was found on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and thanks to a ...