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 ...

Residents can help turtles by safely assisting them across roads in the direction they are traveling and reporting sightings to MIHerpAtlas.org. Lovesick turtles are crossing Michigan's roads, and ...

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'.

Some move frantically; the one I found, whose shell is coated with algae ... pathogenic bacteria that have lain dormant in its body also revive. The turtle’s immune system, compromised by ...

Sideneck turtles don't retract their heads all the way inside their shells. Instead, they tuck their necks and heads under the edge of their shells. She was collected at a Brazilian fish market ...

the turtle can close its shell, effectively sealing its soft body in bone and forming a “box.” “The Eastern box turtle can be found across the Commonwealth in rural, suburban, and even urban ...