Discover strange facts about turtles: Galapagos giants, snapping turtles, painted turtles, alligator snappers, and the shelled survivors that predate the
Sea turtles return to their birth beaches across thousands of kilometers using Earth's magnetic field. Expert guide to the most remarkable navigation in the animal kingdom.
Explore the remarkable world of turtles and tortoises, from their 220-million-year evolutionary history to magnetic ocean navigation, record-breaking lifespans, and the conservation threats they face today.
Everything about the Galapagos tortoise: size, island forms, diet, reproduction, conservation, Darwin's inspiration, and the strange facts that make Chelonoidis niger the largest and longest-lived tortoise on Earth.
Everything about the green sea turtle: size, tropical ocean habitat, seagrass diet, 2,500 km migrations, natal homing, nesting arks at Tortuguero and Raine Island, and the strange facts that make Chelonia mydas one of the world's most traveled reptiles.
Everything about the alligator snapping turtle: size, habitat, worm-like tongue lure, ambush hunting, diet, reproduction, lifespan, conservation status, and the strange facts that make Macrochelys temminckii the largest freshwater turtle in North America.
Everything about the painted turtle: size, habitat, subspecies, diet, reproduction, extreme cold tolerance, conservation, and the strange facts that make Chrysemys picta North America's most widespread turtle.
