A turtle was found trying to find somewhere to cool off after a wire it was attached to got tangled in some bushes (Picture: CEN) A turtle was found tied to a tree with a chain after its owners ...

A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...

This is according to US scientists who used a new genetic sequencing technique called Ultra Conserved Elements (UCE) to finally settle the debate on turtle evolution. The results, they say, reveal ...

An extinct giant turtle had a horned shell up to three metres big that it may have used for combat, scientists say. Five to 10 million years ago, what is today a desert area in Venezuela was a humid ...

An extinct giant turtle had a horned shell up to three metres (10ft) big that it may have used for combat, scientists say. The Stupendemys geographicus used to live in a humid swamp teeming with life ...

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 ...

THE FOSSILS of giant turtles twice the size of a human and 100 times heavier than their closest relative have been discovered in South America. The huge shells would have belonged to turtles that ...

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.

How the turtle shell evolved has puzzled scientists for years, but new research sheds light on how their hard shells were formed. Scientists say the ancient fossil skeleton of an extinct South African ...