A giant turtle the size of a great white shark roamed the oceans around 80 million years ago, say scientists. It was one of the largest that ever lived - measuring more than twelve feet long and ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Paleontologists have discovered the fossil remains of one of the largest turtles that ever lived. Measuring about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, it roamed the seas of Europe during the age of the ...

A turtle the size of a small car once roamed what is now South America 60 million years ago, suggests its fossilized remains. Discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2005, the turtle was given the ...

A turtle the size of a small car once roamed what is now South America 60 million years ago, suggests its fossilized remains. Discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2005, the turtle was given the ...

Determining the demographic structure of turtles is important to understanding their population status and conservation needs. Concern has been raised for the long-term persistence of the Western Pond ...

The tendency of animal groups to increase in body size over evolutionary time is known as Cope’s rule (after the paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope). This rule, however, does not apply to turtles, ...