Loving a pet always comes with the knowledge that time is limited, even when people try not to think about it. Most animals ...

Inspired by turtle locomotion, a novel type of robot with flippers actuated by antagonistic shape memory alloy (SMA) springs is presented that can crawl based on two different variable friction ...

Luna, a 5-year-old ball python, died in the Nederland shopping center fire on Oct. 9, 2025. Courtesy of Wild Bear Nature Center. Westie, a 20-year-old turtle who “loved crickets and attention,” and ...

This year's EU Contest for Young Scientists showcased hard science with a social edge, with young scientists presenting innovations ranging from robot turtles to quantum discoveries. For Evan Budz, a ...

A new type of turtle egg fossil was established: Emydoolithus laiyangensis oogen. et oosp. nov.. Based on its elliptical morphological shape, rigid eggshells, and eggshell characteristics, it is ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The most peculiar feature of this new turtle is its extremely circular shell, about the size and shape of a big car tire.

A turtle’s head seems simple: a hard beak, two bright eyes, and a quilt of scales that protect the skull. Look closer and a mystery appears, because the polygons across the crown don’t line up with ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

A towering yellow crane recently installed two massive, 14,000-lb. snapping turtle sculptures outside the Indiana Dunes Visitors Center, the gateway to the Indiana Dunes National and State Parks.

SEYMOUR THE COUNTING SHAPES SEA TURTLE Plug baby sea turtles into Seymour’s shell to learn shapes and counting, develop fine motor skills, and understand the natural world with earth-friendly, ...

A glittering stack of tons of ice slowly transformed into sea turtles towering 8-feet-tall over Central Wharf Plaza Sunday morning – honoring one of New England’s critically endangered species for the ...