New research based on fragments discovered at the Neumark-Nord site in Germany suggests Neanderthals may have transformed the ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

Sea turtles have an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. During that timeframe, they experience changes in ocean chemistry, ...

Learn how Neanderthals in central Europe hunted pond turtles and likely reused their shells as containers or scooping tools.

The declining marine turtle populations in Fiji has become a growing concern over recent years. Unlimited exploitation of marine turtles for both subsistence and traditional purposes have imposed a ...

Article by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Molly Schafer, Mat Smith, Andy Tocydlowski, Maya Walker, Jim White, Kenneth Geisert and University Archives September 10, 2024 The discovery of a ...

A fossilized turtle shell that sat unnoticed for decades in the collection at the University of Alabama actually belongs to a previously unknown species of ‘giant’ freshwater turtle that roamed the ...

When a massive adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle washed ashore on March 7 near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston, she was barely moving. Her shell was crusted over with barnacles, algae and ...