The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where ...

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in the Triassic Period.

A team of scientists has reconstructed a detailed 'tree of life' for turtles. Next generation sequencing technologies have generated unprecedented amounts of genetic information for a thrilling new ...

Scientists have determined that Eunotosaurus africanus is the earliest known branch of the turtle tree of life. A research team led by NYIT scientist Gaberiel Bever has determined that a 260-million ...

Paleobiologists from the University of Zurich have discovered exceptional specimens in Venezuela and Colombia of an extinct giant freshwater turtle called Stupendemys. The carapace of this turtle, ...