It had many of the qualities of the turtles we know and love today: a boxy body, plodding legs, a long neck topped by a small, round head. It was only missing one thing: a shell. Thanks to the ...

Chinese soft-shell turtles have a curious habit that has long perplexed biologists: They sometimes submerge their heads underwater for more than an hour. Now, for the first time, scientists know ...

Instead of an exterior shell ... the turtle spends 95 percent of its life hidden in sand or mud with only its eyes and nose showing. It possesses long claws and can extend its neck with lightning ...

They have long claws and powerful jaws that are strong enough to crush bone. Like other soft-shell turtle species, they are thought to have the ability to extract oxygen from the water through ...

Like the Japanese sumo wrestler, the Florida Softshell turtle, Trionix ferox, is definitely a heavyweight. The creature, like this 40-pound specimen, is the heaviest and bulkiest of all North ...

Chinese state media has said the last known female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle ... the other turtle lost his life. The female turtle’s fate comes after a long struggle with infertility.

‘That is why we believe all 10 turtles were dumped here.’ It is illegal in New Jersey to own turtles as pets without a permit. Soft-shell turtles ... with a long, slender nose.

When I crouched along the grassy banks of a small ciénaga, or desert wetland, near the park’s lodge, the turtle raised its long, wrinkly neck and stared at me. I couldn’t help but smile.

And despite its ability to stretch its 6-inch neck completely out of and back ... a Trionyx spiniferus, or spiny soft shell turtle of the size Joe Guidry caught, is almost certainly a female.

Some amniotes, such as many turtles, lizards, and snakes, lay soft-shelled eggs ... and Mussaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that grew to 20 feet in length and lived between 227 ...

Distinguishing features: Long tail and neck, huge head ... feature of the softshell is its namesake soft shell, which is leathery and pliable. These turtles are usually greenish with yellow ...