The secrets behind turtle’s shell: What’s inside it

Turtles belong to the most unique group of vertebrates, credit goes to their famous shells. While most people think of the ...
WRAL

Biggest turtle that ever lived had 10 foot shell with horns

About five to 10 million years ago, giant turtles that dwarfed humans roamed freshwater swamps in South America. Researchers have uncovered shells belonging to Stupendemys geographicus, the largest ...
New Scientist

How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

CONSIDER the floating fortress that is a sea turtle. It seems to fly gracefully through the water even though it is encased in heavy armour. This combination of poise and protection evolved like any ...
The New York Times

It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record

How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...
NOLA.com

32-million-year-old turtle shell found on Alabama's Gulf Coast leads to discovery of new species

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...