New research based on fragments discovered at the Neumark-Nord site in Germany suggests Neanderthals may have transformed the ...

Q: We have fish and plants in our backyard pond, but now we would like to add turtles and dragonflies. How do we get them in ...

Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, ...

Neanderthals hunted European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Central Europe, though probably not for food. The careful ...

Learn how Neanderthals in central Europe hunted pond turtles and likely reused their shells as containers or scooping tools.

An international research team led by Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, from the Institute of Ancient Studies at ...

The study also floated the possibility that the turtles had been hunted for “their taste or for an assumed medicinal value. ” ...

Neanderthals hunted turtles but did not rely on them for food - they cleaned and reused the turtle's shells as tools.

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Turtles are crossing Kentucky roads more often in spring and summer. Learn how to help them safely and legally.