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 ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

Three prehistoric turtle fossils dating from 220 million years ago have provided new evidence to fuel the debate over how the turtle's remarkable shell evolved. The fossils, which were found in ...

Scientists have discovered remains of a rare kind of turtle, one that lived over 228 million years ago in the Triassic era and had no shell – the most common feature of present-day turtles. The nearly ...

The pale hatchlings had to be helped out of their nest by biologist Joana Trindade, who has been looking after rare green turtles on the island of Vamizi for the last ten years. Green turtles are ...

Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells. The almost-complete fossil dates back 228 million years and is bigger than a double bed. It was discovered in the ...

Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Michael Eastwell (UK) rescues an eastern long-necked turtle trying to cross a busy road to reach water. Michael ...