Before we dive in deeper, it’s important to clarify that turtles are not dinosaurs. This common misconception stems partly from the fact that both groups are reptiles and share a prehistoric past.

“The configuration of the fossil turtle suggests that the shell was possibly trodden on by a large sauropod dinosaur,” reads a paper on the finding which was published by the Swiss Journal of ...

An alligator snapping turtle was captured at beauty spot in Cumbria on Monday The 'dinosaur-like' species is usually native to swamps and rivers in Florida, U.S. A startling 'dinosaur-like' turtle ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

Marine turtles split from their terrestrial relatives more than 100 million years ago. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and squeaked past a marine extinction two million years ...