Sea turtles use their flippers to swim around as they peruse the marine environment. On the other hand, new research published in the journal PeerJ this week by researchers from the Monterey Bay ...

PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai turtle Goody lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her immobile and stressed out in captivity. But now Goody, an ...

"It took him a while but once he got going, he was moving at great speed," said one caregiver of Lou's swimming Just keep swimming! On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre on ...

Sea turtle flippers might appear to be useful for swimming and… not much else. But it turns out at least some turtles them have figured out a way to use these appendages like an awkward pair of arms.