The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

EUSTIS — Volunteers tidying up the community on Tuesday came across a horrific sight: more than a dozen gopher tortoise shells in the woods with holes apparently drilled into them. They found the ...

When this turtle was found barely moving, the cause was immediately clear: its shell had been shattered by a massive impact. Emergency treatment was the only hope. Veterinary teams worked quickly to ...

While the video appeared to be authentic — that is, it did not look as though it had been digitally manipulated, and it genuinely depicted a "baby," or juvenile, turtle — it is false to say the ...