So we need to get one thing straight. Turtles are actually very slow moving creatures. Even the fastest turtle (the soft shell turtle) can only run at speeds between three and four miles an hour. But ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

HEBRON -- Ten-year-old Lauren Freeze got a turtle from her grandfather's pond, named him Speedy and hoped he'd be speedier than the other 91 turtles at the annual Hebron Turtle Derby. The Turtle Derby ...

When my brother Jeff and I were young, Dad worked the night shift at what was formerly Lancaster Press. One summer night on his way home, after he made the turn onto Lampeter Road from Bridgeport, he ...