Wound care, specifically maintaining the turtle out of its usual water environment, is one of the biggest problems with managing shell wounds in aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles because aquatic ...

And just like you can't take a skeleton out of a person, right, you can't take a turtle out of its shell either. But if you could, you'd probably be surprised by what you'd discover. Maria ...

2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are ... The South American river turtle is even known to call out to its hatchlings.

A 25-year-old green sea turtle in Thailand needed surgery after 915 were pulled out from her stomach. Tourists had been throwing them into her pool for good luck and she had been swallowing them ...

Without a little turtle TLC, this condition can be fatal. Aquarium staff are giving these shell-shocked travelers a warm welcome and the care they need to come out of their shells before an ...

"Turtles are pulled out of the pool, we bring them over here and the first thing we do is scan them for any existing tags. We will visually check to see if there is any existing flipper tags. He is ...

In a previous column, the author discussed the overall management of turtle shell injuries. This column continues by describing basic techniques for repairing and stabilizing fractured turtle shells.

Michael pulled over on a busy road to rescue this turtle, which had retreated into its shell in the middle of a lane of traffic. The slow shutter speed blurs a truck thundering past with multiple ...