Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...
Turtles that crushed hard-shelled prey like clams and snails were reported to be more than five times more likely to survive ...
Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...
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 ...
How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...
Every young boy has spent at least one afternoon digging a hole in the ground looking for some kind of treasure. An eight-year-old from South Africa was doing just that when he unearthed a turtle ...
Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues ...