A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

Steven Jaskinski from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, along with colleagues, led a study examining a newly discovered softshell turtle which ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles ...

Conservationists are not known for delivering a lot of good news. But in the Burmese roofed turtle – a giant Asian river turtle whose bug-eyed face is naturally set in a goofy grin – they have ...

One of the key reasons turtles live so long is their slow and steady approach to life. Unlike many animals, turtles expend relatively little energy in their day-to-day activities. Their slow ...