It is a built-in defense system, and the shell helps protect turtles from predators and other environmental dangers. This ...

A study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks ... offering greater defense -- especially as subadults and adults.

(WFLA)— A 22-pound loggerhead sea turtle was returned home after being ... “He was found not using his front flipper, due to a predator wound, and when I say predator wound, part of the ...