The most Discworld answer to the question would be “because it must,” but Terry Pratchett’s strange and beloved world has ...

From the 16th to 19th centuries, word about India's world turtle myth spread. It was well enough known that people like John Locke and Henry David Thoreau referenced it, ...

Though often seen as placid, turtles have been depicted as powerful, fighting animals since ancient times. One of the most famous battleships, the Korean Geobukseon, was called the ‘Turtle Ship’.