Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of Life on Earth. Vertebrate groups that dominated at the time, such as dinosaurs and ...

Sea turtles have an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. During that timeframe, they experience changes in ocean chemistry, ocean temperatures, and even prey abundance. Just how much sea turtles are ...

Neanderthals hunted turtles but did not rely on them for food. Instead, they cleaned and reused shells as tools.

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 ...

A wounded turtle found in Muğla, southwestern Turkey, was treated and released back into the wild after a local craftsman repaired its damaged shell using natural resin. Gökçen Gökmen Bayram, head of ...