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Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.
The Earth Times

How Climate Change Is Rewriting Turtle Sex Ratios: The Heat Behind a Biological Shift

Climate change is skewing turtle populations by altering hatchling sex ratios. Explore how temperature affects turtles, why ...
Nature

Turtle Evolution And Phylogenetics

Turtles (Testudines) have captivated evolutionary biologists for decades due to their distinct morphology and ancient origins. Recent studies have elucidated the evolutionary transformations that led ...
Sarasota Magazine

It's Sea Turtle Nesting Season. Here's How to Keep Turtles, Nests and Those Tiny Hatchlings Safe.

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...
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This 50-Million-Year-Old Fossil Sat in a Drawer—Now It’s Rewriting Turtle Evolution

Scientists have identified a 50-million-year-old fossil sea turtle in northern Syria, marking the country’s first formally described fossil vertebrate species. The discovery, detailed inPapers in ...
Comicbook.com

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II – Re-Evolution #1 Review: The Next Generation of TMNT Has Arrived

The Ninja Turtles’ other creator, Peter Laird, is notably absent from the credits. IDW billed the first Last Ronin story as a reunion of sorts, the first addition to the “Eastman and Laird’s Teenage ...
The Island Packet

The numbers are in. How many nests did sea turtles lay on Hilton Head this year?

The first sea turtle nest of the season was named Wednesday in honor of recently deceased Hilton Head hotel manager Jay Wiendl. Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Hilton Head’s sea turtle moms have done ...
Jordan News Agency (Petra) on MSN

Jordan mobilizes international expertise to safeguard endangered sea turtles in Aqaba

The Jordan Society for the Conservation of Turtles & Tortoises (JSCT) has successfully concluded the second phase of its landmark initiative, "Towards Effective Restoration of Marine Turtles on Jordan ...
News 6 WKMG

Sea turtle rehab center cares for storm-stranded hatchlings, giving them a second chance

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. [WATCH: Heavy Winds and rough seas push ...
Pensacola News Journal

Sea turtle nesting season kicks off with Mother's Day sighting. Now the real work begins

Volunteers with Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol found the first nest of the 2025 season, a loggerhead turtle nest, early on March 11 Volunteers and staff check recorded nests daily to monitor for ...
Kotaku

Turtle Evolution

Dude, it’s time to chill out! It’s time to leave all the rush behind you and enjoy the most relaxed version of the Evolution series: the turtles are finally here! Get ready to embrace all the peace of ...