Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling anti-social and want everything around them to disappear. On the other hand, do turtles ...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may be heroes on screen, but in real life they may cause more harm than good. According to the turtle protection organization American Tortoise Rescue, thousands of ...

A turtle’s shell makes for a great portable home, offering a huge amount of protection to the animal living inside. But this carapace is nothing more than an evolutionary byproduct of another ...

There’s an important scene in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, Out Of The Shadows, in which Laura Linney’s character and a handful of cops lay eyes upon the Turtles and react negatively.

Stuart, a 45-year-old female box turtle, could live until she is 80 years old. Azzy, a 17-year-old sulcata tortoise, could live to be 150. Stuart and Azzy are among about 250 turtles and tortoises ...

A performance of Moss Anthology#5 for Buglisi Dance Theatre (left). Ruby, an endangered Burmese roofed turtle who lives at a turtle sanctuary in New Jersey (right). Hisae Aihara/Martin Broen Get the ...

The American Tortoise Rescue (ATR) is urging parents to buy toys, not real turtles ahead of the release of the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem." According to the rescue, kids often ...

A viral video shared to Twitter in July 2020 showed a scuttling lemon-hued turtle that was reportedly rescued by residents of a village in southeastern India. Snopes' readers asked us to verify and ...