Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

The almost-complete fossil dates back 228 million years and is bigger than a double bed. It was discovered in the Guizhou province of south west China Dr Nicholas Fraser, keeper of natural sciences at ...

Scientists have discovered remains of a rare kind of turtle, one that lived over 228 million years ago in the Triassic era and had no shell – the most common feature of present-day turtles. The nearly ...

The turtle's shell provides it with a formidable defence and one that is unique in the animal world. No other animal has a structure quite like it, and the bizarre nature of the turtle's anatomy also ...

No other animal has a shell quite like a turtle’s. Biologists, or scientists who study living things, have spent nearly two centuries trying to understand how turtles ended up with their unique shells ...

The sea turtle's unique shell evolved many millions of years ago How the turtle shell evolved has puzzled scientists for years, but new research sheds light on how their hard shells were formed.

The unearthing of three 220m-year-old fossils in China has solved the enduring mystery of how the turtle got its shell. The ancient remains are the first evidence palaeontologists have of a species of ...

A turtle survived a 15 minute fight with an alligator that failed to break its protective shell. An alligator bites down with a force of up to 2,900 pounds of pressure but despite its strength, this ...

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Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells. The almost-complete fossil dates back 228 million years and is bigger than a double bed. It was discovered in the ...