The bone fragments of this newly identified species ... This feature or muscle most likely impacted the turtles’ breathing capacity, allowing them to hold their breath longer than other turtle ...

MANCHESTER, England and GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ...

Sea turtle bones from excavations in the Mediterranean Sea area were used to determine where sea turtles have been feeding in the past. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

The specimen also included some bones from the reptile’s paddling ... showing that they differed dramatically from the extremities of sea turtles alive today. “In modern-day sea turtles ...

Researchers counted the concentric rings in the bones of deceased turtles to determine their age Flatbacks in WA come of age at 16 years, but they mature at about 18-20 years on the east coast ...

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes -- tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.

A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from ...

Some white-tailed deer on the Costa Rican coastline have a macabre habit: chewing sea turtle bones. Researchers have recently documented scores of the herbivores scavenging on the remains ...