"Stretch was loved and adored by guests and staff alike, being a fantastic ambassador for his species. He will be dearly missed," Mystic Aquarium's Facebook post read.

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and red-eared sliders require a ...

Minecraft enthusiasts can now craft Turtle Shells for enhanced gameplay! These shells, worn as headgear, offer valuable water breathing abilities and armor protection. Obtain scutes by breeding ...

The scutes, or scales, protecting the bones underneath are made of keratin, like our fingernails. Unlike turtles, which shed scutes as they grow, tortoises continue to grow new ones underneath the ...

The turtle tentatively peeked out and blinked ... pointing out divots and flaking on the scutes, the external bony plates or shield-like scales that make the shell look like a soccer ball.

Sea turtles can survive being struck by a boat propeller — but as they heal from the trauma, their shells often change shape, bulging from air building up within their bodies. That throws the ...

Over the course of months, a barnacle can traverse multiple scutes, or segments, of the turtle’s shell. This slow-motion journey also allows them to find optimal spots for feeding as water flows ...

In hard-shelled turtle species, the shells are made up of bony plates that are covered with scale-like “scutes.” The scutes are made of keratin, the same protein found in our fingernails and hair, and ...

Tortoises: Tortoises tend to be smaller than turtles, although the Aldabra giant tortoise can weigh up to 250 kilos. Scute shedding Turtles: Turtles shed their scutes (the bony plates on their ...

On July 8, 1965, an anonymous box turtle received the moniker L2, a nod to the notch placed on the second scute (geometric pattern) on his left shell. The first Earth Day wouldn’t take place for five ...

the South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) posted on Facebook. Kemp’s ridley normally nest in Mexico or Texas but occasionally make their way up to South Carolina, according to the ...