Shell-cracking turtles defied mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period

The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of life on ...

Shell Shocked & Set Free: Saving Sea Turtles in the Florida Keys

Tune into this weekend’s AnimalZone episode with The Turtle Hospital MARATHON, FL, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2026 ...

Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...
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Shell-cracking turtles were more likely to survive the end-Cretaceous

Turtles that crushed hard-shelled prey like clams and snails were reported to be more than five times more likely to survive ...
USA Today

Tortoises demonstrate diversity on a global scale | ECOVIEWS

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...