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.

We’re covering several fascinating turtle facts, including when they originated, what their shell is made of, and why their nest temperature is important. Join us as we discover 10 incredible ...

Recipe: Turtle Pot Pie 2 pounds snapping turtle meat, deboned and trimmed of fat 1 bottle dry red wine 2 carrots, roughly chopped 4 stalks celery, roughly chopped 1 onion, roughly chopped 6 sprigs ...

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 ...

The ribs of a 240 million-year-old fossil hold clues to how the first turtle shell evolved. And its skull shape seems closer to that of lizards and snakes than to an ancestor of dinosaurs and birds.

The fossilized remains of a bizarre-looking reptile are giving scientists new insights into how turtles got their distinctive shells.Some 240 million… ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique ...

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 ...