Before we begin: yes, tortoises and terrapins are here too! Sure, we could have called it Tortoise Territory or Terrapins Territory, but we rolled the dice and it came up Turtles Territory. On this page turtle fans will find answers to all of their questions about pet care, turtle facts, "what to do if...", and just about any thing that applies to turtles or terrapins or tortoises. If you like this page then you'll love the new book by Stacey Venzel called Today's Dinosaurs: A Complete Guide to Turtles, Terrapins, and Tortoises (Sherpa Multimedia, 2017).
Today's Dinosaurs is the first animal guide from The Super Fins and is packed with hundreds of images and is created in an easy-to-use question-and-answer format that anyone can use. Have a turtle question? It'll be answered in Today's Dinosaurs.
Check out videos at the bottom of this page, too! (And on our YouTube page.)
By Stacey Venzel If you spot a turtle crossing the road, it is helpful if you move the turtle away from traffic, placing it on the side in the direction it was headed. Of course, [...]
By Stacey Venzel Yes, turtles defecate. A turtle’s food has to go somewhere, which becomes turtle poop. Turtles can have diarrhea, too. To learn more about sea turtles and their environment, researchers at The University [...]
By Stacey Venzel Aquatic turtles are used to chomping at things floating through the water, which they expect to be food. It wasn’t until humans came along that turtles have had to be careful about [...]
By Stacey Venzel Nest-building is not just a task left to the birds. While turtles do not pick up sticks to create a nest, they do use their back feet to dig holes in the [...]
Two of the most powerful and prehistoric-looking turtles in the world are the common snapping turtle and the alligator snapping turtle. Though very similar, the two species have some key differences that even a novice [...]
