Reuters

Shell shock: Triassic reptile was 'grandfather' of all turtles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It looked like an odd lizard with a bulky body and only the skeletal precursor of a shell, but scientists say 240 million-year-old fossils unearthed in a quarry in southern ...
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Inside the life of the 2,000-pound leatherback sea turtle

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.
IFLScience

North America’s Oldest Pterosaur And Turtle Fossils Found In Arizona’s Petrified Forest

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
The Economist

Of all the geological periods, the Triassic was the most fabulous

Everything has its pecking order, and geology is no exception. The cocks of the rocks are the big, swaggering periods of the past that fill books, television programmes and natural-history museums.
AOL

Inside the Life of the 2,000-Pound Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...