Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

Sometimes animated turtles seem to live inside their shells like it’s a tiny home. They may even hop out of the shell and run around. That’s funny in cartoons and games, but my friend Ryan Wagner told ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A disturbing picture circulating on social media is prompting a warning from state wildlife officials. An anonymous user posted a photo showing a dead turtle with its shell ...

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...