A GREEN sea turtle weighing around 80 to 100 kilos was found dead in Barangay Tungasan, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City on ...

Unlike their hard-shelled cousins, these turtles have leathery, flat, green or brown shells. These large, freshwater turtles are also known as "frog-faced softshells" because of their amphibian ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Aside from their incredible size, one of the more interesting things about these ancient turtles is that their shells held a secret feature. The males of the species had large horns on their ...

THE green sea turtle that was found dead along the coast of Barangay Tugasan, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City earlier this ...

This report contains an image that may be disturbing to viewers. State officials say they are struggling to verify a ...

Union of bony fractures in turtles can take as long as ... Chelonians have a great ability to repair shell injuries and deficits, including very large wounds. An antibiotic course should be ...

Florida softshell turtles are large turtles with skin covering their shell. They are dark brown to olive green colored and have bumps behind their head. Their webbed feet and tubular nostrils help ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a ... 3 and 4 as its shell measured about 1 meter. Adult leatherbacks can grow as large as nearly 2 meters long.

Built like a tank and often covered in camouflaging algae, these prehistoric-looking freshwater turtles are known for their spiked shell, large claws and strong, beaked jaws. Alligator snappers spend ...

2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles ...