A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...

In 1769, four months before Gaspar de Portolá arrived in San Francisco Bay, he traveled along a Tongva trail in present-day Los Angeles, stopping to camp overnight near a stream. The pristine site ...

Tucked away on Oahu’s windward coast, between the sleepy towns of Ka’a’awa and Punalu’u, lies a verdant paradise that seems ...

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Discover the shocking story of a turtle with no shell and what happens in this rare and unusual situation.

Thousands of sea turtles come ashore in Odisha every year in a mass turtle nesting event. Learn what it is and why its ...

The Outside Story shows how turtles have the capacity to withstand freezing temperatures in winter, some by freezing ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

Bungie releases its first big update of 2026 for Destiny 2, fixing a variety of issues while continuing to improve one ...