Among turtles, there are species that mainly live in the water, and in winter, they can be seen standing still in the water. There is a theory that such turtles can spend a long time underwater ...

Nature has a juvenile sense of humor. That, at first, seems like the only explanation for why certain turtles, among them the Australian Fitzroy river turtle and the North American eastern painted ...

Now scientists believe that this apparently unique ability helped the animals adapt to survive in swamps and marshes where the water is often brackish - that is, slightly salty. Scientists in the 19th ...

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) --Apparently, some turtle species breathe out of their butts. Talk about bad breath. Until recently, however, scientists didn't really know why some turtles -- most notably ...

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An Australian river turtle with a distinctive green punk-rock hairstyle, two spikes under its chin and the ability to breathe through its genitals is on a new list of endangered reptiles. The Mary ...