Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

A beautifully preserved shelled reptile recovered from a Bavarian limestone deposit helps tell the story of how turtles first took to the seas. The specimen, Solnhofia parsonsi, dates to the Late ...

Cayman has been on the frontlines of a global fight that has brought the green sea turtle back from the brink of extinction.

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed across a wide range of marine areas in various forms, including floating ...

Turtles are built like tiny tanks—ancient, armored, and famously tough. But in the modern world, that toughness may be their greatest vulnerability. In part two of our turtle two-parter, we dive into ...

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