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 ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...