The shell of an adult hawksbill sea turtle consists of about a dozen overlapping scales colored with streaks of gold, brown, orange, and red. Hawksbills have long been hunted for their shells ...

A hawksbill turtle’s protective shell is in some ways its greatest weakness. Exquisitely patterned and thick enough to sculpt, hawksbill shells are the most popular type of tortoiseshell, a ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

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.

He has designed dozens of charms for his fine jewelry ... in recycled 18-karat yellow gold with a shell flashing with brilliant- and baguette-cut diamonds ($11,520). Today, that turtle is ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

Tortoiseshell is a misnomer for hawksbill turtle shell, particularly the brown, gold, and amber-colored scutes, or bony scales, that make up the carapace (the upper shell) and plastron (the ...

Customs and Border Protection seized 1,400 sea turtle scutes, or shell pieces, from 100 turtles at an air cargo warehouse. Endangered Hawksbill and Green turtle shells were seized at Miami ...

DIY wire jewelry This is a requirement for a person who wants to make a sea turtle pendant. I chose the simplest way to implement so there will not be many motifs fussy, just focus on creating the ...