A new fossil find sheds light on ancient inhabitants of the region. Fossil remains of a giant turtle have been unearthed in Brazil. Peltocephalus maturin is the name given to the newly discovered ...

Peltocephalus maturin is between 40,000 and 9,000 years old and ... the giant turtle "Maturin," a fictional character created by best-selling author Stephen King. With a maximum shell length ...

For over a decade, Mansfield and colleagues attached GPS tags to the fast-growing shells of young wild turtles ... What the researchers found challenged many old ideas. Scientists long thought that ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Some turtles can live for more than 100 years. The oldest turtle in the world is over 190 years old. To make “shells”, cut the egg cartons into individual cups. Then, paint them with as many ...