Where do turtles and tortoises lay their eggs? Both turtles and tortoises lay their eggs on land. Even aquatic turtles come ...

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according ... Like other amniotes, turtles breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water.

Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born with a tooth egg to help them break out of the shell which is shed shortly afterwards.

Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today ... and floating carcasses—much as their descendents do today. Shark teeth embedded ...

Experts believe the tortoise had been looking for a comfortable ... so unused that wild animals could roam, enter and try to lay their eggs," said Pompeii's director general, Gabriel Zuchtriegel.

The beach is one of the sites where olive ridley turtles come to lay their eggs. All of the dead animals were females, turtle expert Ernesto Albavera Padilla told local media. It is not the first ...