In a new paper published in Nature, researchers describe the discovery of an early turtle species called Eorhynchochelys sinensis. Nicknamed the “dawn beak turtle,” the animals lived around ...

Scientists mark turtles by filing a series of tiny V-shaped notches along the edges of their shells. Each turtle is notched ...

Denise Becker had a rare sighting of a luna moth in Lake Shores in Virginia Beach. “This luna moth was hanging on for dear ...

“Initially I was very confused. This turtle had the beak of a hawksbill but the rounded shell of a green sea turtle,” said Luecke, “Almost all turtle sightings in Hawaii are green sea turtle ...

Recently a homeowner from Carmel asked for advice regarding two hatchling box turtles that her family found in their yard. In early June, they saw the mother laying eggs. They watched the nest ...

Their mouths are similar to bird beaks, perhaps because turtles share a common ancestor with chickens. All but leatherbacks, with their layer of thick skin, have bony external skeletons covered in ...

Doctors and researchers have saved a loggerhead sea turtle by implanting a 3D-printed titanium beak to the animal's broken jaw, online media has reported. BTech Innovation, a Turkish biotechnology ...

Further study of their beaks and food-gathering behavior could help conserve some of these birds, many of which are at threat of extinction. The results are reported in the journal Biology Letters .

A desperate search is underway for a missing turtle named Tucker. Susan McGuire Rowe is asking for the community's help to ...

"He lost his beak when he was attacked by a snapping turtle in the wild," they explained. The rescue medically treated Casper's injuries and they've "considered a prosthetic beak." "We've worked ...