Males were targeted. Females were left untouched. The reason comes down to the thickness of a shell.

142 dead turtles. Smashed shells. A 20-year researcher had never seen anything like it - until now.

A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle found along the central North Carolina coast last week was beaten to death, officials said Friday. A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle found along the central North ...

Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their resting grounds became a scene of violence.

The only known female member of one of the world's rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said Sunday. The animal was one of four Yangtze giant softshell turtles known to ...