A turtle who somehow shucked off his transmitter and absconded from a western Pennsylvania sanctuary was found 20 miles away more than three years later. The Tamarack Wildlife Center said this summer, ...

Hans-Dieter Sues - Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.

On 1 May 2019, the Facebook page "Country n Garden" shared an image that supposedly showed a turtle with unique markings on its shell resembling a spelling of the word "God": This Facebook post was ...