“If the ice is clear, you can sometimes see snapping or painted turtles moving slowly under the ice,” said Jeff LeClere, ...

Among turtles, there are species that mainly live in the water, and in winter, they can be seen standing still in the water. There is a theory that such turtles can spend a long time underwater ...

Now scientists believe that this apparently unique ability helped the animals adapt to survive in swamps and marshes where the water is often brackish - that is, slightly salty. Scientists in the 19th ...

A team of biologists has published a paper revealing that when Chinese soft-shelled turtles mysteriously dunk their heads in puddles for up to 100 minutes a time, they are in fact urinating from their ...

Nature has a juvenile sense of humor. That, at first, seems like the only explanation for why certain turtles, among them the Australian Fitzroy river turtle and the North American eastern painted ...

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) --Apparently, some turtle species breathe out of their butts. Talk about bad breath. Until recently, however, scientists didn't really know why some turtles -- most notably ...

Rescued sea turtles that were rehabbed at New England Aquarium in Boston were released into the waters off North Carolina on Tuesday.Officials said some of the 26 turtles were rescued from Cape Cod ...