Archeology
Ancient giant turtle as big as a rhinoceros, extinct 66 million years ago salvaged
A specimen of one of the largest turtles ever known, measuring nearly 4 metres long, has been found in Spanish waters.
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Archeology
Colombia discovered giant turtle fossils dating back 57 million years ago
The expedition's leader said the fossil of Puentemys mushaisaensis, estimated to be about 1.5 meters long, was found in the mountainous municipality of Socha, northeaste…
Archeology
A one-meter-long statue of a turtle sunk beneath a reservoir
The archaeological team unearthed a one-meter-long statue of a turtle submerged in a reservoir near the sacred temple.
Archeology
Discover the 'bizarre' life form of ancient land turtles
Asteroids thought to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago also left nearly 75% of all species on our planet extinct.
Archeology
Fossils of giant tortoise-eating snakes found in South America
Stupendemys geographicus, the tortoise with strong horns lived 13 to 7 million years ago in the same period as the giant crocodile.
Archeology
Fossil turtle 33 million years of rare value worth more than 4,000 USD
A 33 million-year-old fossil turtle skeleton is about to be auctioned in London, England later this month with a starting price of $ 4,340.
Archeology
Tooth turtles can last more than 100 million years ago
A new archaeological finding suggests that the tortoise can survive more than 100 million years ago compared to a few dozen million years ago.
Archeology
Fossil turtle nose fossil found 76 million years
Researchers discovered fossils of an ancient turtle with a pig-like nose, living at the same time as the tyrant dinosaur, in Utah, USA.
Archeology
Japan discovered 70 million-year-old fossil turtle
Japanese researchers say they have found the head of a fossilized sea turtle about 70 million years old.
Archeology
Detected a half-ton turtle when repairing graves
On the morning of March 21, hundreds of people in Trieu Giang commune (Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province) still rushed to watch the ancient turtles discovered at…
Archeology
Detecting turtle fossils mating
German scientists first discovered fossils of a vertebrate species - including humans - in a working position
Animal world
The green-haired tortoise is the bear that most social networks are about to become extinct
Look at you, the bird-like punk head is still green, just like the people playing
Animal world
Tomorrow tortoise is not to do something like you think
Back in time 260 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs. This journey will go to the current South Africa, taking you to a river. And then, wait.
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Monster turtles have the most horror form on the planet
The mutant ugly body of the Mata spiny tortoise, considered to be the most horrifying on the planet.