Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they have rehabilitated. They're particularly interested in amputees.

Turtles evolved one of the most unique defensive systems in the animal kingdom, fusing their ribs and spine into a rigid shell that acts as living armor. When threatened, they retract vulnerable body ...

We take a closer look at mollusks, one of the most diverse groups of animals on Earth, and break down how different species survive and compete in their environments. From slow, defenseless snails to ...

The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they return to the Atlantic Ocean. They're particularly interested in amputees. (AP Video: Cody ...

A python’s extraordinary metabolism may unlock new paths to healthy weight loss and even fight age-related muscle loss. In less than a decade, new weight-loss drugs have transformed the market, ...

TURTLE CREEK, Pennsylvania — For a very long stretch in America’s industrial past, not only did this region build things here, but its people also researched, invented, failed, and eventually ...

Has any pop culture franchise been through more permutations and reboots than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? It doesn't help that so many of these projects are named simply "Teenage Mutant Ninja ...

Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday.

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...