Galápagos giant tortoises are known for reaching impressive sizes. One such reptile's massive measurements blew even his brethren out of the water.

This species is identified as “one of the world’s largest freshwater turtles.” During the late Pleistocene, the armored reptile existed for around 40,000 to 9,000 years. Maturin is named ...

The islet of Marathonisi in Laganas Bay, known as "Turtle Island," is included in the Marine Park of Zakynthos ...

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth ... Leatherbacks have the widest global distribution of all reptile species, and possibly of any vertebrate. They can be found in the tropic and ...

The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...

Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world ... Green turtles are listed as an endangered species. Despite this, they are still killed for their meat ...

These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species that once claimed the largest population of sea turtles on Earth. Why are these creatures washing up? Olive ridley ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.