Hand-crafted models normally used for reproductive research on turtle mating have been known to be rather expensive. But thanks to a study published in June 2018, the Carleton biology instructor won ...

Normally skittish male northern map turtles are coming out of their shells with the help of some nifty 3D printing. Carleton University biologist Grégory Bulté studies the breed and has been ...

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 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.

Scientists at the University of Exeter in the U.K. used drones to map sea turtle nesting beaches to determine how vulnerable nests were to sea level rise. Video courtesy of University of Exeter ...

Now, similar 3D technology is being used to scan the loggerhead. She has gone from 90 to 200 pounds, but she still has the same 3D-printed brace that goes on her shell made.

Related: Are sea turtle conservation efforts working? The researchers used what they learned from the three-dimensional scans to build a 3D-printed brace for the loggerhead’s shell out of white ...