What a turtle can eat is determined by what kind of jaw it has they have, where it lives and what food is available, according to Live Science. Leatherback sea turtles enjoy a gelatinous diet of ...

Turtles are unique pets that are entertaining to learn about and watch. Pet turtle care doesn’t involve as much hands-on training as dogs and cats, but turtles have particular needs like ...

All of Smith's turtles are 20 or older, and many will live until age 50 or 60. Some tortoises and box turtles live until 100, Smith said.

Both green and loggerhead sea turtles are classified as “endangered.” They’re threatened by fishing, vessel strikes, egg harvest and habitat loss. For now, the turtles are responding to the ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

Sea turtles suffering from hypothermia are washing up on the beaches of Cape Cod, Mass. — a situation that has become routine in the region as a result of climate change.

The turtle dance. To see if turtles can learn the magnetic signatures of specific places, Goforth and her colleagues set up two large tanks about eight to 10-feet-tall.In the tanks, the magnetic ...