In frigid winter, Vermont’s snapping turtles stay burrowed in mud beneath the ice. For some five or six months, they’re in a state of torpor, and we don’t give them any thought. Then, inevitably, as ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Life can come at you fast, or in the case of a turtle looking to cross a busy Alabama highway, very slow. The story could only get more folksy if a police officer and a ...

A turtle’s shell makes for a great portable home, offering a huge amount of protection to the animal living inside. But this carapace is nothing more than an evolutionary byproduct of another ...

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - Asia’s illegal trade in the Black Spotted Turtle is spiralling out of control. A new TRAFFIC study shows over 10,000 individuals have been seized in two years, eclipsing ...

Grace Laird, 4, and her brother Grant, 6, won first and third in the turtle race Saturday, Aug. 2, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair. Grace finished first with her fast turtle Pink Pony Girl, and Grant ...

A turtle never gets anywhere unless it sticks its neck out, proclaims a flyer from Turtle Plastics, Cleveland. Although the turtle is a relatively slow animal, we all know what happened during the ...