A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her organism-covered shell.

A satellite tracking device attached to Dilly Dally's shell will allow the center and the public to follow her journey.

The young sea turtle was taken to the GCSTR and is undergoing ... face the unique threat of being hunted for their beautiful shell, which are used by craftspeople to create jewelry and trinkets.

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes—tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.

A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014. Before moving in ...

A male green sea turtle was given the name Bubble Butt at The Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys shortly after he arrived there in 1989. His dramatically deformed shell constantly pushed his rear ...

Charlotte, an injured turtle, wears his ... which can cause deformities in the shell and trap pockets of air within it. Boat strikes affect hundreds to thousands of sea turtles in the United ...

A sea turtle's shell is a masterpiece. A study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks and stress while optimizing movement.