Several animals have already had their lives saved by 3D printing. Recently, a turtle named Freddy was closer to death than to life. The animal had almost lost its entire shell in a forest fire, but a ...

Cleopatra, a tortoise with a shell that was deformed and falling apart, has just received a 3D-printed prosthetic shell attachment to help her live a long and fruitful life. Roger Henry, a Colorado ...

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.

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. Aquarist Kaelie Spencer ...

An injured sea turtle found in the cooling canal of a New Jersey power plant in 2013 is now growing and thriving at a California aquarium thanks to 3D printing. Staff at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps ...

Reporting from San Diego — Just in time for the holidays, a loggerhead sea turtle at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla got a perfectly fitting gift. The turtle, rescued in 2013 with a broken shell and ...

Every once in awhile a project comes along that makes us say, “this is why we want a 3D printer!” [Skimbal] is pretty well known in 3D printing circles for the incredibly detailed designs he has put ...

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 wondering ...

The turtle’s shell provides it with a formidable defence and one that is unique in the animal world. No other animal has a structure quite like it, and the bizarre nature of the turtle’s anatomy also ...