Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Three months after a car hit an eastern box turtle in D.C., leaving her shell severely broken, the ...

Turtles have protective shells, but they aren't invincible. They are commonly injured by lawn mowers, cars, pets, propellers and gunshots, and sometimes they just get sick. "They get damaged a lot," ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

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, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

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On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...