so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles can live both on land and in water. Semi-aquatic turtles have webbing between ...

So these are the tears of joy," she said. Auckland Zoo vet services manager James Chatterton said any turtle found on land in New Zealand was critically ill and should not be refloated. Healthy ...

In many turtle species, females are larger than males, while generally speaking, tortoise males are larger than females. Most turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic, while tortoises live on land.

Turtles are one of the only land animals on the planet with this feature. They're also some of the only animals that can breathe with their butts. You see, inside a turtle shell is a very ...

A flatback sea turtle kicks up sand while digging a nest on Crab Island, off Australia’s northeast coast. Indigenous rangers with the Apudthama Land Trust brave saltwater crocodiles and other ...

Hundreds of thousands of Olive ridley turtles nest on beaches along India's eastern coast. They need a stretch of unhindered ...

It was built during the early days of our species' existence, but a mysterious cave in the Middle East is still yielding secrets. Researchers have discovered a mysterious turtle-shaped rock ...

the Eastern Pacific green turtle will take to land to bask in the sun. Occasionally seen sunbathing alongside seals and albatrosses, it is one of the few marine turtles known to leave the water ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.