The secrets behind turtle’s shell: What’s inside it

Turtles belong to the most unique group of vertebrates, credit goes to their famous shells. While most people think of the ...
Concord Monitor

Closing time: How (some) turtles shut their shells

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...
WUSA

Researchers discover biggest turtle that ever lived had 10 foot shell, horns

About five to ten million years ago, giant turtles lived in freshwater swamps in South America. Researchers recently found shells of the extinct turtles called Stupendemys. The massive shells reach ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask Dr. Universe: Turtles’ shells are made up of their bones

Sometimes animated turtles seem to live inside their shells like it’s a tiny home. They may even hop out of the shell and run around. That’s funny in cartoons and games, but my friend Ryan Wagner told ...
PBS

The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles

The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled sea ...
Snopes.com

Is a Turtle Shell Really Modified Ribs?

Do turtle shells actually consist of modified ribs? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. This weird-but-true claim went viral in mid-June 2021 when Twitter user and post-doctorate turtle expert Ceri ...
The New York Times

It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record

How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...
Business Insider

Turtle shells protect some of the strangest features in the animal kingdom

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae, and ...
CNET

Shell-less ancestor of turtles revealed through holes in its head

A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...
Yahoo

What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Can you spot the differences between a turtle (left) and a tortoise (right)?. | Credit: LL28 and ...
9NEWS

Traumatized turtle's shell reconstructed with fiberglass

VIEW SLIDESHOW OF TURTLESAn Aurora Police officer recently found Scorch on the side of the road. After close inspection, he discovered Scorch was recently struck by a car and mauled by dogs. It was ...