Scientists have recently added a new turtle to the list. Uwe Fritz from Germany, along with an international team, has ...

One of the Strangest, Stealthiest Turtles You've Ever Seen A mata mata turtle can go 15 minutes between breaths--it's another one of the Smithsonian's National Zoo's many unique animals. Join the ...

“This creature was over six feet long, it had a strange disc-like body and a ... Interestingly, other early fossils of different turtle species had shells but no beaked jaws.

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

The Ecological Associates Inc. is an environmental consulting firm whose coastal species department monitors sea turtle nesting and shorebirds. The firm has recorded 205 nests so far along five ...