Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. A couple renovated their kitchen—and stumbled upon ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Attention reptile-lovers, what do you call an animal that lives in a shell made of bone and keratin, shuffles along at a slow pace and lives on land? Any guesses? You may have off-handedly answered ...

U.S. Air Force researchers on Sept. 22 revealed plans to fire an affordable hypersonic missile in early December under the newly unveiled Angry Tortoise project. The project integrates the liquid-fuel ...

ALBIA, Iowa (CBS 58) -- A tortoise found wandering in Wisconsin has been promoted to the police force. The Albia Police Department in Albia, Iowa, introduced Officer Bonsai -- a sulcata tortoise -- as ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

The department posted an image of Middletown Officer Owens holding what appears to be a pickup truck headlight. Crash closes I-75 SB near Downtown Cincinnati It happened around 12:30 a.m. on I-75 ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique figure eight-shaped shell. The department celebrated Peanut's ...