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This Vietnamese crocodile lizard is just one of 115 new species identified in the Greater Mekong region.
science

The Latest New Species Discoveries From the Greater Mekong

Three mammals, two fish, 11 reptiles, 11 amphibians, and 88 plants, all from the same region.
Eric Grundhauser December 28, 2017
Keep on swimming!
science

Watch a Baby Sea Turtle Waddle Up a Treadmill For Science

Research has rarely been so adorable.
Eric Grundhauser December 26, 2017
A green turtle.
science

Forensic Science Is Being Used to Crack the Secret Code of Turtle Foraging

Evidence never lies.
Natasha Frost November 6, 2017
An illustration of the "Hindu Earth" from 1876.
mythology

Why Is the World Always on the Back of a Turtle?

It's mythology all the way down.
Eric Grundhauser October 20, 2017
Just look at the little guy...
animals

Two-Headed Turtle Discovered on a Florida Beach

It's cute, but probably won't live too long.
Eric Grundhauser August 17, 2017
Part of the label from a tin of mock turtle soup, 1906.
turtles

How America Fell Into—and Out of—Love With Mock Turtle Soup

The calf's head concoction that once claimed American hearts.
Natasha Frost August 3, 2017
Radiated tortoises like these are often kept as pets in Malaysia.
turtles

Found: 330 Illicit Tortoises

They were confiscated at an airport in Malaysia.
Eric Grundhauser May 16, 2017
turtles

Please Look at These Turtles, Wolf Blitzer

With #ShowWolfATurtle, reptile biologists court a prominent new herp fan.
Cara Giaimo May 15, 2017
Permanently Closed
Limones, Panama

Tigre Salvaje

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.
science

Mystery of Why Turtles Have Shells Solved After 8-Year-Old Finds Fossil

They weren't, initially, for protection.
Erik Shilling July 19, 2016
turtles

The Turtle-Centric Burial Practices of Ancient Turkey

Welcome to the best psychopomp.
Jessie Guy-Ryan April 17, 2016
A giant rice turtle in Xiamen, China.
turtles

Fleeting Wonders: Giant, Lucky Turtles Made Of Rice

Cara Giaimo February 24, 2016
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Curral Velho

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.
Ecopassage wall
Tallahassee, Florida

Lake Jackson Ecopassage

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.
A member of the Watamu Local Ocean Trust releases a Hawksbill turtle back into the ocean.
turtles

Fleeting Wonders: A Turtle's-Eye View of the Kenyan Coast

Cara Giaimo January 15, 2016
A sea turtle hatchling, playful and spunky in a piece from the Vision Research Collection.
animals

Fleeting Wonders: the 2015 Sea Turtle Swimsuit Collection

Cara Giaimo October 2, 2015
Sneaky Sulley, found at last.
animals

Fleeting Wonders: A Meeting of the Secret International Tortoise Assembly?

Tao Tao Holmes September 14, 2015
animals

FOUND: A Fossil That Shows How Turtles Got Their Shells

Sarah Laskow June 25, 2015