While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

What's more, it seemed to the first responders that the terapin lacked certain mutations and ninja-like agility common in ...

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with ...

With their vibrantly colorful shells, mottled skin, and small eyes, these creatures are the embodiment of all things turtle. Similar in size to a painted turtle, the pond slider is another popular ...

The top of its shell is covered with skin, which means it is more delicate than most turtles. It can even get sunburned. Most freshwater turtles simply have paws with webbed fingers, whereas sea ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...