At least for now, however, the Chinese soft-shelled turtle's bathroom habits are truly one of a kind. Sources: Geekosystem, Houston Chronicle, LiveScience, NewScientist. The Week Staff ...

The researchers also found that one stage in the modern turtle’s embryonic development resembles a 220-million-year-old fossil discovered in China last year that has an incomplete shell.

Unlike previously discovered dinosaurs eggs, these eggs had soft-shells, like turtle eggs. New research posits that the earliest dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs, not hard-shelled ones.

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, excretes urea mainly through the mouth instead of the kidney. Journal of Experimental Biology , 2012; 215 (21): 3723 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068916 ...

Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become esta ...

A soft-shelled turtle in China pees through its mouth—the first evidence of an animal doing so. The Chinese soft-shelled turtle is the first animal known to pee via its mouth.

Besides soft shelled turtles, aquatic hosts of V. cholerae include zooplankton, fish, shellfish, egg masses of midges, waterfowl, and crustaceans. Fish and shellfish are proven to spread this disease.

Instead of cracking open like a chicken's egg, some dinosaurs may have emerged from soft-shelled eggs, like turtles or snakes. Steph Panecasio was an Editor based in Sydney, Australia. She knows a ...