There are seven existing species of sea turtles, with the genus Lepidochelys comprising two of them: the olive ridley and the Kemp's ridley. Despite being among the most common sea turtles in much of ...

A turtle fossil might even bear a striking resemblance to a plant. When a team of paleontologists and paleobotanists re-examined a plant fossil first described about 20 years ago, they found out that ...

Scientists analyzed two fossils resembling leaves and realized they were the rare shells of baby turtles that lived in South ...

The prehistoric specimens found in Colombia could represent one of the oldest and largest turtle species to ever exist ...

The most ancient DNA ever sequenced reveals what the Arctic looked like two million years ago when it was warmer. Today the area in North Greenland is a polar desert, but the genetic material ...

Dec. 7, 2023 — Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient rocks and the genetics of living animals. New research combines ...

New DNA testing has been completed which may help solve the decades-old murder of child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. New evidence, as well as some which was previously reviewed, have been ...

The 38-year-old Kihei woman was found dead in a bedroom of her second-floor apartment at Southpointe on Oct. 27, 2000, on her birthday. “For this cold case, the evidence is significant,” a ...

Dec. 4, 2023 — What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

Scientists in China discovered a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo in an industrial park. Due to its fossil records, they believe it is 70 million years old. In addition, scientists think it’s ...