Neanderthals hunted turtles but did not rely on them for food. Instead, they cleaned and reused shells as tools.

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

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

Florida researchers are tracking a Kemp's ridley turtle to learn how amputee sea turtles survive and migrate after release.

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

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Slim Shady, her roughly 70-pound, 22-year-old sulcata tortoise, farts loudly, sometimes knocks her down and has forced her to ...

Mona Heflin, 71, is in poor health and trying to find a next home for her 22-year-old, 70-pound tortoise.

A green sea turtle discovered washed up on a Townsville beach with a missing flipper and broken back is making a lucky ...

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. MS NOW host details unexpected phone call with ...

Ariana Grande broke out one of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's favorite accessories: the tortoiseshell headband. She wore the wardrobe staple in a new Instagram post. Bessette-Kennedy's style has once ...