Their mouths are similar to bird beaks, perhaps because turtles share a common ancestor with chickens. All but leatherbacks, with their layer of thick skin, have bony external skeletons covered in ...

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day ...

"They look amazing, I know, but they are protected animals." Local wildlife advocate warns of potential disastrous results ...

The earliest ancestors of the crocodile evolved around 235 million years ago. These prehistoric predators have an impressive ...

Today, we will look at the facts surrounding the Australopithecus and determine whether this is one of mankind’s common ancestors. The name of this genus means southern ape. It is an extinct ...

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As the Madre de Dios River flows through Peru toward the Amazon, it eats away at the landscape, slowly turning rock into mud.

A line lasted for hours as people waited to shake Peltier’s hand, give him gifts or get his signature on his book, a DVD or T ...

Over the past few days, a large number of sea turtles have washed up on the beaches of Dubai due to high winds and cold temperatures. This has prompted Jumeirah's Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation ...

A formal ceremony at the National Museum of Australia transferred custodianship of two Moriori karāpuna, or ancestors, to representatives of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust. The remains are bound for ...