Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

Turtles that crushed hard-shelled prey like clams and snails were reported to be more than five times more likely to survive ...

Males were targeted. Females were left untouched. The reason comes down to the thickness of a shell.

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

The mass grave wiped out roughly 10% of the lake’s entire turtle population. And the culprits, according to the scientist who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's reconstruction shows the stem-turtle Pappochelys in this image released to Reuters on June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Rainer ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --The remains of an extinct giant turtle species suggest the reptile exhibited sexual dimorphism, with males boasting horned shells and females growing hornless shells. The turtle ...

There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil turtle that lived 228 million years ago is shedding light on ...

A research team led by NYIT scientist Gaberiel Bever has determined that a 260-million year-old fossil species found in South Africa's Karoo Basin provides a long awaited glimpse into the murky ...