The Imprint Happens on the Very First Night A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling weighs about 20 grams when it breaks out of its ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...