Curiously, I’ve never written about one of the most common species of animal that occurs in Minnesota. Not once in the ...

Researchers have uncovered shells with and without the horned protrusions, suggesting that this turtle was sexually dimorphic — meaning males had the horns while females were not so blessed.

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE — The two western pond turtles kept trying to swim in midair as wildlife biologist Stefanie Bergh detailed the differences between the healthy turtle and the one with shell ...

A newly discovered early turtle fossil from 228 million years ago is missing something crucial: its shell.

The remains of an extinct giant turtle species suggest the reptile exhibited sexual dimorphism, with males boasting horned shells and females growing hornless shells.

A newly discovered fungus is thought to be causing a shell disease that is harming freshwater turtles, including western pond turtles in the Columbia River Gorge.

The turtle's shell may serve as a protective shield nowadays, but ancient turtles actually developed shells for an entirely different reason, a new study finds. Researchers looked at the remains ...

The oceanic crab Planes minutus lives far from land. The crabs find a refuge between the upper shell and tail of loggerhead sea turtles, where they are nearly always found as a monogamous pair, one ...

Related: Are sea turtle conservation efforts working? The researchers used what they learned from the three-dimensional scans to build a 3D-printed brace for the loggerhead’s shell out of white ...

SAN DIEGO — A turtle that lives in San Diego is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world, with a shell that was printed thanks to three-dimensional technology.