Inside the Life of the 2,000-Pound Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.
Ancient Origins

Neanderthal Turtle Hunting: Shells Used as Tools in Central Europe

Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, ...

The Living Record: What Turtle Shells Tell Us About a Changing Sea

Sea turtles have an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. During that timeframe, they experience changes in ocean chemistry, ...

A turtle from Greenville’s Conestee Nature Preserve is missing

Michelle is missing. The young box turtle the size of a silver dollar disappeared from Conestee Nature Preserve where it ...
AZ Animals

April Is Prime Time for Turtle Basking—Here’s What They’re Really Up To

Learn why basking turtles in April are doing far more than sunbathing, from thermoregulation to parasite control and growth.

Just4Kids: Where do seashells come from?

Scientists have estimated that just one small stretch of beach on the Gulf of California contained at least 2 trillion shells ...
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Uncovering the truth behind a giant turtle shell discovery

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. Dietitians say you shouldn't take these vitamins ...
BBC Wildlife

“It’s a bit like sea turtle forensics." Scientists looked inside 24 turtles – and uncovered secrets from the past

Sea turtles are the oceans’ wanderers. They live for up to a hundred years, and meander hundreds of thousands of miles. The reptiles grow continuously through life, and as they do, their shell grows ...
The Times-Reporter

Shell Shocked & Set Free: Saving Sea Turtles in the Florida Keys

MARATHON, FL, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In this heartwarming and eye-opening episode of AnimalZone, viewers are invited on a journey to the ...