How the turtle shell evolved has puzzled scientists for years, but new research sheds light on how their hard shells were formed. Scientists say the ancient fossil skeleton of an extinct South African ...

The long-standing mystery of how the turtle got its shell may have been solved by a Japanese study. The paper, published today in the journal Science, shows the outer shell of turtles develop from the ...

How turtles evolved their unique body shape has baffled scientists for years. They are unusual, even among other armoured animals such as the armadillo, in that their shell has changed very little ...

A Melbourne vet is trialling a new way of repairing turtle shells with the substance used in human dental fillings. Each summer there's a sharp increase in the number of turtles presenting with broken ...