Sea turtle migrations are impressive: These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites. They don’t always take the shortest ...

Climate change is skewing turtle populations by altering hatchling sex ratios. Explore how temperature affects turtles, why ...

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week. By Adeel Hassan Their flippers were paralyzed, they ...

When most mammals go to sleep, they lie their weary heads on a pillow, the ground, or curl up in a ball. From there, they ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.