Why turtles developed a shell is a mystery which scientists have tried to solve for years Tyler Lyson Turtles may have developed their shells not to protect themselves but rather to burrow underground ...

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 diver who freed a sea turtle from a plastic container discovered the animal had it wrapped around herself for years, which destroyed her shell. The sea turtle was discovered by divers after they ...

'Largest turtle that ever existed' weighed more than a tonne and had an eight-foot horned shell that it may have used for fighting other turtles 10 million years ago. Palaeontologists from the ...

An extinct giant turtle had a horned shell up to three metres (10ft) big that it may have used for combat, scientists say. The Stupendemys geographicus used to live in a humid swamp teeming with life ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Don't throw out your old bras! Instead donate them to a North Carolina animal rescue group and help save turtles. Carolina Waterfowl Rescue said it can use bra clasps to repair ...

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 ...

A species of giant turtle that may have been the largest to ever stalk the earth had a three-metre-long horned shell it may have used for combat, researchers have said. Stupendemys geographicus lived ...

The fossilised remains of a gigantic turtle shell have been uncovered in South America. Scientists have concluded it belonged to the biggest species of turtle that has ever lived – weighing over a ...

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 ...