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.

Are Woodland Park Zoo’s baby turtles ready for release to the wild? Join the zoo on Thursday, June 4, as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) biologists put these 39 western pond turtles to the final “test.

The hospital, which first opened in 2010, typically cared for 40-50 turtles at a time, today the staff are helping more than 400 turtles annually. The hospital's veterinary team preforms countless

A reef swim changes dramatically when marine life appears nearby. Hawksbill turtles often glide along coral ledges to feed before moving on, while parrotfish add bright color to shallow reefs.

Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they left behind, discovered by paleontologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History,

For the 39 young turtle graduates-to-be lining up for their final exam at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, there's just one question: Are they big enough to escape a bullfrog's gullet? We'll find out Thursday when the turtles are weighed at the zoo.

For decades, turtles have stumped scientists trying to place the shelled reptiles on the evolutionary tree. Now, a new study published in Current Biology argues