Fossil tortoise at the Central Natural Science Collections at MLU. Credit: Markus Scholz / MLU The evolution of giant tortoises might not be linked to islands, as has previously been thought. In a ...

Simón Bolívar, the hero of the Latin American wars of independence, dreamed of South America becoming a single great power. After defeating Spain in 1821, Bolívar established Gran Colombia with Bogotá ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...