Keeping a box turtle as a pet requires you to pay close attention to their diet. In the wild, they eat whatever they catch. As such, captive turtles require a great variety of foods to give them the proper nutrition they need. Feeding them the same meal repeatedly results in an unhealthy and

When naming your pet turtle, you want every member of the family to love his name. What better place to gain inspiration than from a popular kids' movie? Through the years, turtles have played all kinds of characters: brave, cowardly, slow, fast and everything in between. Check out this list for a

Sea turtles are one of the Earth's most ancient creatures. The seven species that can be found today have been around for 110  million years, since the time of the dinosaurs. The sea turtle's shell, or "carapace" is streamlined for swimming through the water. Unlike other turtles, sea turtles