Turtles Share a Recent Common Ancestor with Birds and Crocodiles
New fossil evidence reveals that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles. There’s a twist in the turtle timeline. Thanks to new…
New fossil evidence reveals that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles. There’s a twist in the turtle timeline. Thanks to new…
A newly published study from Yale University researchers looks at the origin of the turtle shell, shedding new light on how the turtle shell evolved….
In a newly published study, a large team of biologists describe the genome of the western painted turtle, discovering clues how the painted turtle may…
When Chinese soft-shelled turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis) need to urinate, they open their mouths, according to a new study. As odd as it might seem, this…
Carbonemys roamed the Earth around the same time as the 40-foot (12-meter) Titanoboa, about 60 million years ago, during the late Paleocene, in the region…
When Australian river turtles lay their eggs in a hole in a sandy riverbank, there is no good reason that they would hatch at the…
Three years ago, a frigid sea turtle was found in the icy waters of the North Sea. Survival did not look good at the time,…