A sea turtle named Meatloaf is fighting to keep her flipper. Here's how you can cheer her on

Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific can now get an up-close look at Meatloaf, a rescued green sea turtle undergoing ...

Injured turtle gets a second chance on four wheels

Installing wheels on a tortoise might seem like a cruel joke—but a veterinary practice in the Philippines recently did so to ...

American turtle racing has a quirky—and controversial—history

The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and ...

Where Is the ‘I Like Turtles’ Kid Now? Inside the Viral 2007 Meme & His Life Today

It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, ...

From teeth to thorns: Coincidences shape the universal form of nature's pointed tips

We thought it was evolution, but an experiment with pencils shows that tips like teeth and thorns may owe their rounded shape ...

Neanderthals in Central Europe hunted pond turtles—not for food, but likely for their shells

Neanderthals hunted European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Central Europe, though probably not for food. The careful ...

Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun

Websites like youraislopbores.me have become playgrounds for people looking for light relief in a bot-heavy world.