Scientists have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic ...

Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research suggests. Scientists say that shells of reptiles caught by children may have been used as ladles or digging devices by early humans over 100,000 ...

Up close, the spiny softshell turtle looks a little like a leather pancake, but few people get that kind of glimpse. In most sightings, they likely resemble an alligator, with only a long nose and ...

Neanderthals at Neumark-Nord in present-day Germany processed European pond turtles during the Last Interglacial, leaving cut marks that show deliberate butchery. The evidence points less to a search ...

Officials said the discovery sheds light on the role the gene variants play in potentially protecting sea turtles from the disease. Researchers are also trying to figure out why some sea turtles, such ...