Porkchop, a three-flippered sea turtle, is back in the wild after a year of rehabilitation, a hopeful moment amid ongoing ...

I’m a huge fan of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, in all of its quirky, smelly, mullet-y goodness. You can find me with a ...

The water was shallow and full of muck. We netted one turtle… then another… and they did not match anything typical. Weird shell shapes, jaguar patterns, and even leeches covering them.

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In ...

The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades.

This Oreo turtle cake is shaped like a charming little tortoise, covered in smooth vanilla cream and decorated with whole ...

The turtle neck retraction requires distinctive cervical features. Turtles are classified into two main categories, depending on whether they retract their heads by pulling them straight backwards, ...

We have yet to meet any kid raised in the ’80s or ’90s who doesn’t have fond memories of the heroes in a half shell, yup, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Of course, most of us are now big kids with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures with a rich history of evolution that spans over 200 million years. One of their most distinctive features is their shell, which not only serves as a protective ...