A green sea turtle is fighting for her life after rescuers found a five-centimetre rusty nail in her shell which was likely shot by a nail gun. A turtle rehab centre says it's heartbroken to find a ...

One of the most telltale features of a turtle is its protective shell, and regardless of the species, most turtle shells are discernably similar. Despite what you might see on cartoons, a turtle’s ...

Sometimes a vet has to improvise to help an animal in need. According to the Associated Press, veterinarians at The Maryland Zoo worked diligently to help a wild eastern box turtle who cracked the ...

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

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae, and ...

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The wild turtle was found in a local park with a broken shell by a Maryland Zoo employee Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

A turtle’s shell makes for a great portable home, offering a huge amount of protection to the animal living inside. But this carapace is nothing more than an evolutionary byproduct of another ...