Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...
Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...
Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...
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