That tidy plan applies to the edges of a turtle’s head, too. The Geneva team found clear gene activity: β-catenin and sonic hedgehog in those peripheral zones match the classic placode signature. Once ...

Only its head moves slightly to follow the crab — then, bam, it’s gone! The turtle stretches out its head and snatches up the crab in a flash, pulling its head back into its shell as it swallows the ...

Lots of speculating here. 8 Mob Head Mini's that store the body inside the Head. Also the Transforming Turtle Hideout Collectors Case to hold them all. SquirrelStampede.

A sea turtle nest in Hilton Head, South Carolina, has been dedicated to Craig Melvin’s family. A mama loggerhead just laid 138 eggs in the Sea Pines area and the eggs should hatch in about two ...

Sea Turtle Clutches. The number of eggs in a nest is called a clutch, and a sea turtle clutch is around 110. Flatback sea turtles lay around 50, but hawksbill sea turtles can lay over 200. In general, ...

In most vertebrates, skin appendages such as hair, feathers, or scales originate from placodes—small, specialized skin regions whose spatial organization is controlled by well-conserved genetic ...

Seventeen endangered northwestern pond turtle babies are settling into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab this summer, where they’ll grow until they’re strong enough to survive in the wild.