Try these recipes for Camp Turtle Soup and Fried Turtle to add a bit of gourmet fare to your menu, including information on how to prepare turtle meat.

Measuring how much fat turtles are carrying under their shells has become a lot easier thanks to a James Cook University researcher.

Turtles belong to the most unique group of vertebrates, credit goes to their famous shells. While most people think of the shell as a shelter in the first place, it contains a lot of secrets ...

A half-shell turtle species that swam in China's coastal waters 220 million years ago is the oldest turtle known to date, a new analysis of fossils reveals. The turtle had a belly shell, but its ...

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 ...