Meet Patches, a small Zoo Knoxville turtle now sporting a teeny Halloween-style resin mask, courtesy of 3-D technology and the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.

Patches' unique mask covers an old injury, protecting the endangered turtle against infection Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

They cleaned out the hole and tried to give the turtle antibiotics but it kept getting bigger. Finally, they performed a detailed CT scan and then 3D printed a little face mask for Patches so that ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – ”Patches”, a black-breasted leaf turtle at Zoo Knoxville, is now sporting a custom prosthetic mask created for her by veterinarians at the University of Tennessee College o… ...

It’s no Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bandana, but Patches’ mini mask is still perfectly suited for her. However, the black-breasted leaf turtle isn’t preparing for Halloween; she is recovering from a ...