A broken fossil turtle bone discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 2012 turned out to be the missing half of a bone first described in 1849. The surprising puzzle discovery has led paleontologists to revise conventional wisdom of how long fossils can survive exposed to surface conditions. It also provides insight into one of the largest turtle species ever known. Leer más.





A broken fossil turtle bone discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 2012 turned out to be the missing half of a bone first described in 1849. The surprising puzzle discovery has led paleontologists to revise conventional wisdom of how long fossils can survive exposed to surface conditions. It also provides insight into one of the largest turtle species ever known. Leer más.
La Policía colombiana se incautó en el norte del país de 1.500 tortugas y 80 pequeños caimanes, ambas especies en vías de extinción, y capturó a diez personas presuntamente integrantes de una banda de traficantes de animales, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales. Leer más.