The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where they fit in the tree of life remains a highly debated topic. The ...

For decades, turtles have stumped scientists trying to place the shelled reptiles on the evolutionary tree. Now, a new study ...

Led by palaeontologist Dr Stephan Spiekman, a new Emmy Noether Research Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) ...

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in the Triassic Period.

An ancient reptile once thought to be an early turtle ancestor actually belonged to an entirely different group.