The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

The growth pattern on each turtle’s shell depends on its species. Box turtles, for example, grow their scute outward over time, like how humans grow fingernails.

On July 8, 1965, an anonymous box turtle received the moniker L2, a nod to the notch placed on the second scute (geometric pattern) on his left shell. The first Earth Day wouldn’t take place for five ...

The 2024 release is tied to the 40th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, which began as a comic book in 1984. ... has a green upper with a turtle shell pattern on the toe.

The fossil (left) was originally thought to be an extinct plant. New research has revealed the fossil shows the inside of an ancient baby turtle's shell, including its rib and back bones as ...

Instead, the small round shapes bearing a leaflike pattern were once the shells of baby turtles that lived during the time of dinosaurs. Scientists have nicknamed the turtle species ...