enjoys a good scratch on his bony bottom, wiggling back and forth to make sure his owner gets all the itchy spots. Those of us who have never owned a tortoise or turtle may be startled to learn they ...

A sea turtle’s shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes – tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone. The bone ...

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes—tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone. The bone ...

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 wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of ...

Tortoises and turtles have existed on this planet ... the top of the shell, and the plastron, which is the bottom. The sections are fused together on the sides by a bony bridge.

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes -- tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.