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.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

Scuba Diving Snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef Cairns Port Douglas (Sea Turtle, Giant Clam, Hard Cora, Shark, School of Fish, Soft Coral, Great Visibility, Pufferfish)© Kitjapat Film/Shutterstock.com ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - During a fishing trip in southern Alabama, a family of four discovered a fossilized shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle. A family of four recently discovered ...

The prognosis is good for a giant sea turtle that was rescued in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located in the South Pacific Ocean. The female loggerhead turtle, which experts estimate is ...