When I was younger, so much younger than today, we had a tortoise as a pet. In tribute to the great mathematician of ancient Greece, we named him Archimedes, Archie for short. He was a charmer, ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

Minecraft enthusiasts can now craft Turtle Shells for enhanced gameplay! These shells, worn as headgear, offer valuable water breathing abilities and armor protection. Obtain scutes by breeding ...

Often used as a helmet in Minecraft, turtle shells provide solid armor and don't require any form of metal ingots the way that many other helmets do, giving players incentive to search for them. Since ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

The long-standing mystery of how the turtle got its shell may have been solved by a Japanese study. The paper, published today in the journal Science, shows the outer shell of turtles develop from the ...

The turtle has been in no rush to give up the secret of its shell — but after two centuries of close study, scientists are filling in the story of a structure unique in the history of life.New ...

A game designed to encourage 3 year olds to code has debuted at the 2014 International American Toy Fair after becoming the most-funded board game in the history of Kickstarter. Robot Turtles smashed ...

How the turtle shell evolved has puzzled scientists for years, but new research sheds light on how their hard shells were formed. Scientists say the ancient fossil skeleton of an extinct South African ...