figured out how much pressure was required to crack a turtle shell, and solved for depth. Using the Turtle Compaction Index at Corral Bluffs, Dr. Petermann said, they found that many of the ...

Salthaven West clinic manager Natalia Slipak said the turtle's shell was broken in several spots. "Upon intake we realized the extent of the fractures were pretty severe. There was a piece of the ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

The Phoenix Herpetological Society is home to hundreds of turtles of all different shapes and sizes, but it's the ones that come in with broken shells that need a little extra love. FOX 10's Marcy ...

Exquisitely patterned and thick enough to sculpt, hawksbill shells are the most ... accessible repository of turtle genetic data aimed at enabling authorities to crack down on poaching and illegal ...

20, 2024. Find that audio here. Cracked shells, eyes swollen shut, and broken bones are all injuries suffered by turtles at the Turtle Rescue League, namely inflicted by moving vehicles on roads ...