"He's missing some of his shell, but he's alive and should be back in the water in a couple of weeks," Barron said about the turtle. "Every one of them counts. No matter what they look like." ...

Union of bony fractures in turtles can take as long as 6 ... the overlapping shell fragments should be cut back to the edge of the underlying fractured segment to avoid overlap.

A turtle appeared to perform a pole dance inside its aquarium at a conservation facility in Japan. Footage shows the sea turtle with front flippers coiled around a pole while the bottom part of its ...

These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that traces its evolutionary roots back more than ... turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae ...

The top of the shell, or carapace, is dark in color and serrated along the back edge. The bottom shell, or plastron, is smaller than that of most other turtles and exposes a lot of flesh. Most people ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

After further questioning, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the turtle, which was about 5 inches long and wrapped in a small blue towel. The animal was determined to be a red-ear ...