"No no." The officer then carefully picks the turtle up - placing one hand on each side of its body. At that point, the turtle bobs his head up and down, prompting the officer to offer a message ...

Now, a 240-million-year-old primitive turtle reveals a previously unknown stage in the evolution of the turtle body plan ... from above (dorsal view) and from the side (lateral view).

A police officer in Joliet, Illinois, recently went above and beyond the call of duty to rescue a snapping turtle from a dire situation. The Joliet Police Department posted a video on Facebook ...