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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seventy-five million years ago, Patagonia looked nothing like the dry, windswept land we see today. Instead of endless stretches of arid steppe, the region ...

Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a ...

The stratum contains many fossils of dinosaurs and other reptiles, including turtle eggs. The fossil excavated in 2003 was stored as a turtle fossil because of its plate-like shape and thickness.