Many of the differences between turtles and tortoises come from this habitat difference. For example, water-dwelling turtles' ...

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In the 2003 film ‘Finding Nemo,’ the protagonist Marlin, a clownfish, asks Crush, a sea turtle how old he is. Crush hollers: “Hundred and fifty, dude! And still young!” Reptiles frequently get ...

From local ponds and the deep sea to a tank in your bedroom, turtles can be found anywhere. These aquatic, semi-aquatic or terrestrial creatures are recognizable thanks to their bony, cartilaginous ...

Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving ...

After two years of declining numbers of nests and hatchling, sea turtle experts were predicting a banner year. Results are ...

A critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle came out of nowhere, surprising marine biologists as they filmed biofluorescence in sharks and coral reefs. Marine biologists made a shocking discovery ...

Alligator snapping turtles have a hard, armor-like shell and a sharp beak. A 100-year-old giant alligator snapping turtle is at large after mysteriously disappearing somewhere along Interstate 40 in ...

Professor by night, park ranger by day, protector of sea turtles always. That was the late Hank Smith, a unique person in Florida’s environmental history. I knew him as a colleague at Florida Atlantic ...