Clad in hard, armoured shells, turtles have a unique body plan unlike that of any other animal. Their shells have clearly served them well and the basic structure has gone largely unchanged since the ...

The turtle's shell provides it with a formidable defence and one that is unique in the animal world. No other animal has a structure quite like it, and the bizarre nature of the turtle's anatomy also ...

A rare prehistoric-looking turtle has turned up on a beach in Siberia - more than 6,000 miles away from its normal home in the American south. With rough skin, sharp claws, and spiky ridges down its ...

Wanted: heroes for the half-shells Turtle rescuers are asking for help save a vulnerable species – the snapping turtle. Heidi Petracek reports.

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An endangered giant sea turtle was found dead on a Singapore beach with its shell sliced almost completely in half. The sea creature had likely been harmed by a boat's propeller, experts and the man ...

The unearthing of three 220m-year-old fossils in China has solved the enduring mystery of how the turtle got its shell. The ancient remains are the first evidence palaeontologists have of a species of ...

Fossilised turtle shells plucked from a Polish rubbish dump have been judged to be the oldest and most complete palaeontologists have yet discovered. Dating back 215million years, experts say the ...

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A newly discovered fossil from China has shed light on how the turtle's shell evolved. The 220 million-year-old find, described in Nature journal, shows that the turtle's breast plate developed ...