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 prehistoric turtle may have reached a total body length of around 5 feet, according to paleontologists. Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a giant turtle species with some striking features ...

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 team of Australian scientists have unearthed the evidence of an ‘Age of Monotremes’ at the Australian Museum (AM), Museums Victoria (MV) and Australian Opal Centre. The researchers believe ...

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.

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 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A woman who has an intellectual disability faces a fine of between NT$200,000 (US$6,374) to NT$1 million for taking a protected sea turtle from a south Taiwan beach to her home.