These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their ...

Open wounds should be protected and mobile shell areas stabilized. If injuries are confined to the upper carapace only, and there is no evidence of head trauma, then the turtle can be placed into ...

The plates along this hinge are connected by cartilage, and specialized joints let these turtles pull the plastron toward the carapace; some hinged-shell species can close their shells, while others ...

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 ...

Droughts, storms and flooding also threaten the turtle’s existence. They create unsuitable conditions for the spawning cycle, as females only lay eggs for a few months under a full moon. They rely on ...

The plates along this hinge are connected by cartilage, and specialized joints allow these turtles to pull the plastron toward the carapace; some hinged-shell species can completely close their shells ...

The plates along this hinge are connected by cartilage, and specialized joints allow these turtles to pull the plastron toward the carapace; some hinged-shell species can completely close their shells ...

and specialized joints allow these turtles to pull the plastron toward the carapace; some hinged-shell species can completely close their shells, while others can only partially close. While most ...

We all have an idea of what Thanksgiving should look like, but over the years, traditions have come and gone. Read about ...

This comic book source material has offered fans many different versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but these ...