Turtles evolved one of the most unique defensive systems in the animal kingdom, fusing their ribs and spine into a rigid shell that acts as living armor. When threatened, they retract vulnerable body ...

A new study has found that turtles with jaws strong enough to crack open snails and clams were far more likely to survive the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. The findings show that when ...

Sea turtles are the oceans’ wanderers. They live for up to a hundred years, and meander hundreds of thousands of miles. The reptiles grow continuously through life, and as they do, their shell grows ...

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 ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Today is *** day for celebrating. We are here at Sobella Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium, and we are all about Tortellini today. Tortellini just got *** new harness put on her, um, and it ...

A sea turtle carries more than just a shell on its back. That shell holds a story of its life, written layer by layer over many years. Scientists have now learned how to read this hidden story. A new ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures with a rich history of evolution that spans over 200 million years. One of their most distinctive features is their shell, which not only serves as a protective ...