Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — Volunteers with Share the Beach and dozens of supporters made their way to Shell Beach in Orange Beach to see two rehabilitated sea turtles swim home. “There’s two turtles ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within. One species ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...

The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.