By studying the chemical fingerprints inside each layer, scientists have been able to learn about the turtles’ lives and the ...

At New York State’s only sea turtle rehabilitation center, workers are nursing a record number of sick patients back to health. A green sea turtle patient at the New York Marine Rescue Center. Credit.

It might be among the first mammals to go extinct in North America after colonization. But can scientists prove it was even a distinct species? Ian Rose In the 19th century, Indigenous people and ...