the department advises picking up the traveling turtle by the middle part of the shell where the top part of the shell meets the bottom part of the shell with a firm grip. The US Fish and Wildlife ...

A sea turtle’s shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes – tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone. The bone ...

Tortoises and turtles have existed on this planet ... the top of the shell, and the plastron, which is the bottom. The sections are fused together on the sides by a bony bridge.

A sea turtle’s shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes – tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.

Though not endangered, painted turtles have a "pretty rough life," said wildlife ecologist Dan Thompson, who said many of the ...

The wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of ...