Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a giant turtle species with some striking features, such as its shape, that lived tens of millions of years ago in South America. The research team found ...

The way that turtles evolved into their modern form, with a shell fused to their skeleton and a beaklike face without teeth, has been described as “one of evolution’s most enduring puzzles”.

SCIENTISTS have identified fossil remains dating back 70 million years as belonging to the largest-ever turtle recorded in Europe. A set of bones were found by a hiker in the Pyrenees mountains in ...

A new species of ancient turtle that swam the shores of Europe millions of years ago may have been one of the largest sea turtles to have ever lived, scientists have said. Fossilised remains of ...

A 127 million-year-old fossil of a side-necked turtle, the first found to have lived in the UK, has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. The fossil has been nicknamed 'Burby' after enthusiast Steve ...

The research team, supported by the National Geographic Society, initially discovered the fossils in 2018. However, the findings were only recently published in the journal Cretaceous Research.

KEWAUNEE - The body of a 57-year-old man was found after a fire Thursday in the town of Franklin, according to the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department. Around 10:50 p.m. Thursday, firefighters ...

May 28, 2024 — Life evolved from simple geochemical processes present on the early Earth. However, the details of this transformation remain a mystery. In this study, researchers modeled the ...

The 150-million-year old fossil of a stegosaurus that has been named "Apex" by the paleontologist who discovered it could become one of the most expensive fossils ever sold this summer when it's ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A New Taipei resident could be fined up to NT$1 million (US$32,599) for illegally raising a sea turtle that appeared in poor condition when rescued on Friday (May 19). The ...

A high school student made an incredible discovery in her own backyard: A 34-million-year-old whale skull. Sixteen-year-old Lindsey Stallworth and her biology teacher, Andrew Gentry, found small bone ...