It’s the sunflower time of year, as the flowers spangle yards and roadsides and meadows in gold. But have you ever studied those gorgeous orbs up close? As sunflowers go to seed, the flower heads ...

China’s exotic pet market is driving a spike in animal smuggling, U.S. wildlife officials say. But these turtles are getting a second chance. Credit...Elias ...

If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one staple you’d be almost certain to see on the menu: turtle soup. But unlike some other food trends you may be ...

An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why she and other turtles are traveling so far north. The Kemp's ridley is the ...

Leonardo Fibonacci was a mathematician who lived in Italy hundreds of years ago. Although the sequence was known to non-Westerners long before, during the 13th century it’s thought that Fibonacci ...

As prairie has decreased in Illinois to less than one-tenth of 1% of its original area, the ornate box turtle has become critically endangered in the state. The Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds. By Sara Novak Turtles are weird. They ...

The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where they fit in the tree of life remains a highly debated topic. The ...

The same spiral has been found everywhere; in sunflower seeds and pinecones, snail shells and animal horns, and the placement of tree branches. The underlying numbers are found in the genealogy of ...

It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, Oregon. When asked about his freshly painted face, he delivered a response ...

It started with the mysterious discovery of more than a hundred turtles, some with their shells smashed, others dismembered, all of them dead. It ended with a potential warning for the future. It was ...

If you want to save turtles, you have to find them first... and that’s no easy task. Eastern box turtles are masters of camouflage, which makes them hard for predators to spot and even harder for ...