Scientists say Neanderthals processed pond turtle shells into tools like ladles and scoops, based on cut marks found on ...

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 ...

The shells of chelonians—think turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles—grow in layers, keeping a time-stamped record of environmental conditions. Uranium has shown up in the layers of turtles’ and ...

Sometimes animated turtles seem to live inside their shells like it’s a tiny home. They may even hop out of the shell and run around. That’s funny in cartoons and games, but my friend Ryan Wagner told ...

The study also floated the possibility that the turtles had been hunted for “their taste or for an assumed medicinal value. ” ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.

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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, ...

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

Beachgoers are reporting seeing leatherback sea turtles, the largest turtle in the world and an endangered species. Despite ...