Some species, like mud turtles, can actually retract their limbs and then clamp the shell closed. Sea turtles, on the other hand, have flippers that are permanently outside the shell. 6 All shapes ...

The breakthrough came after they attached specially sized geolocator devices to 114 wild sea turtle shells in the waters ... understand their migration patterns. The data Mansfield's team ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

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This data was previously unattainable with shorter-lived external tags, which often detached due to natural shell ... migration patterns, confirming that rehabilitated sea turtles can thrive ...