Aside from their incredible size, one of the more interesting things about these ancient turtles is that their shells held a secret feature. The males of the species had large horns on their ...

One of the most distinctive features of turtles is their shell ... turtle was a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, who lived to be around 187 years old. Their long life is often attributed ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now on the brink of extinction. On Sunday, a dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing ...

Over the next few weeks, says Veerappan, the team saw Cantor's giant softshell turtles, Indian flap shell turtles, marsh crocodiles, and otters in the Cauvery. Between 2022 and 2023, the team ...