The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

Nearly every species of sea turtle is endangered, some of them at critical levels. That’s a remarkable statement, considering they’ve roamed the Earth’s waters and beaches for more than 100 million ...

In many turtle species, temperature determines the sex of hatchlings — a biological process known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Rather than genetics alone deciding whether a sea ...