A photo of a massive turtle near Mercer will make you do a double-take. Over the weekend, Dan Sodemann, of Madison, said he ...

A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her ...

stirring up microscopic critters that may find new real estate on a turtle’s shell, Ingels says. Theodora Pinou, a sea turtle biologist and professor at Western Connecticut State University who ...

The DNA comes from the remains of a turtle shell first uncovered in 2015 in the ... “However, that is not the real purpose of molecular paleontology. Instead, its goal is to trace, document ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact — although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

Article by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Molly Schafer, Mat Smith, Andy Tocydlowski, Maya Walker, Jim White, Kenneth Geisert and University Archives September 10, 2024 The discovery of a ...

Their shells collect information on radioactive material they encounter. “There's a real potential for using turtles and tortoises and even sea turtles as a real-time monitor of conditions out i ...