Going for a swim is a vital part of surviving any Texas summer, especially when Central Texans have ample waterways courtesy ...

A turtle’s head seems simple: a hard beak, two bright eyes, and a quilt of scales that protect the skull. Look closer and a ...

Learn about the unique way turtles create their scales and how it’s revealing an ancient evolutionary link to dinosaurs, ...

A study shows that turtles use both genetic signals and mechanical forces to form the scales on their heads, revealing a ...

Texas beaches are seeing a spike in endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle nests, the tiniest sea turtle species in the world.

In most vertebrates, skin appendages such as hair, feathers, or scales originate from placodes—small, specialized skin regions whose spatial organization is controlled by well-conserved genetic ...

The turtle dance. To see if turtles can learn the magnetic signatures of specific places, Goforth and her colleagues set up two large tanks about eight to 10-feet-tall.In the tanks, the magnetic ...