When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

The DNA comes from the remains of a turtle shell first uncovered in 2015 in the Chagres Formation on Panama’s Caribbean coast. It represents the oldest known fossil evidence of Lepidochelys turtles.

In an ancient turtle shell found on Panama’s Piña Beach, northwest of Panama City, the team identified osteocytes, or bone cells. They then used a type of stain called DAPI to attempt to label ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

Based on the examination of bone fragments, scientists have estimated the newly identified species of sea turtle to be 3.7 meters (12.1 feet), head to tail.

A sea turtle's shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes -- tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone.