The shell itself is made from broadened and flattened ribs, fused to parts of the turtle’s backbone (so that unlike in cartoons, you couldn’t pull a turtle out of its shell).

A turtle's shell is part of the reptile's skeleton, and it protects some of the strangest features in the animal kingdom. Here's what's inside.

A rare sea turtle was found dead after it washed ashore on an Oregon beach with a whole ecosystem traveling with the reptile. The 75-pound loggerhead was discovered Saturday morning on th… ...

Turtles are interesting creatures as they can hide in their shell, but people are only just realising that they're not "inside" their shell, the shell it actually part of their spine.

It turns out turtles aren't just 'hiding' in their shells like many of us thought - a science buff has left people mind-blown with her insightful revelations on turtle anatomy ...