Discover what’s inside a turtle shell, living bone fused to spine and ribs, packed with organs, muscles, and nerves that ...
Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...
Ever consider the question of whether a turtle can truly pull its head into its shell like a cartoon representation in a ...
A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...
30 March 2022 – A new mobile app aims to prevent the illegal trade of tortoiseshell products made from the shells of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles. Created by conservation group SEE ...