WORCESTER -- Lola the sea turtle can glide through the water much better now that she has a prosthetic fin made specially for her by Worcester Polytechnic Institute students. The flipper the three ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Goody the sea turtle lost her left flipper years ago after she got stuck in a fishing net. She was left immobile — until a team of researchers in Thailand fitted her with the country's first ...

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.

A green sea turtle that lost three of its flippers can finally swim in a straight line, turtle rescuers said Wednesday. Workers at Sea Turtle Inc. strapped Allison, a 5-year-old rescued turtle, on ...