The team named the species Peltocephalus maturin — after a recurring giant sea turtle in novels by best-selling horror author Stephen King. While such large animals were known to exist millions ...

The giant turtle lived in a sea we now call ... changing water temperatures may have also played a role in the demise of the ...

Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean’s past. Now, an ...

Sprawled on its back amid a curious crowd was an immense black sea turtle tipping the scales at ... By day the beach looks as if giant dune buggies have romped across it. Chevron-pattern tracks ...

Slowly but surely, these ancient creatures will edge towards extinction unless action is taken to address ... It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian turtles and tortoises ...

For years, the fossilised turtle shell sat alongside ... which has previously yielded unique fossils of an ancient cassowary, a crocodile and possibly a giant snake. Bullock Creek's Elseya ...