Florida researchers are tracking a Kemp's ridley turtle to learn how amputee sea turtles survive and migrate after release.

Turtles evolved one of the most unique defensive systems in the animal kingdom, fusing their ribs and spine into a rigid ...

Let’s be honest. We’ve all played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games before. Plenty of them. But actually feeling like a ...

Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and agricultural hazards. Researchers track turtles using radio telemetry and GPS loggers to map ...

Over 1,000 seabed tracks hint at a rare moment frozen in time—formed on a seafloor hundreds of meters deep in the Cretaceous.

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues about diet, movement, and ocean change over time. Sea turtles don’t just ...