When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

Customs and Border Protection seized 1,400 sea turtle scutes, or shell pieces, from 100 turtles at an air cargo warehouse. Endangered Hawksbill and Green turtle shells were seized at Miami ...

Turtle's shell smashed by boat; gets a year of TLC. Aug. 2, 2011 — -- They called him Andre -- an endangered green sea turtle that washed up in 2010 on a sandbar on Juno Beach in Florida ...

Firefighters are being called “heroes of the half shell” after rescuing injured sea turtles at the Texas City Dike.

A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.

Modern turtles release calcium from their shells to keep their bloodstreams from getting too acidic. And we do know that, over time, these ossicles became thinner and lighter, ...