Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues about diet, movement, and ocean change over time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shell integration typically involves 50 to 60 individual bones fusing into a permanent structural cage. The carapace creates a ...

New "tissue clock" technique reconstructs sea turtle life histories from shell chemistryMIAMI — Techniques developed to study the distant past—from ...

South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts have volunteers walk beaches to look for turtle nesting and crawls. Nesting season begins May 1.

This week, our seasonal high tides continued and uncovered some interesting beach finds, including auger snails, several life rings, and sea turtle barnacles. In my survey this week I found a stranded ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

In less than two months, tiny tracks can be spotted in the early hours on the beach as turtle season begins May 1. Local residents may still have time to sign up to be a South Carolina United Turtle ...