Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research suggests. Scientists say that shells of reptiles caught by children may have been used as ladles or digging devices by early humans over 100,000 ...
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to tiny turtles. The CDC says it has received at least 51 reports of salmonella ...
Small turtles have sickened people in 11 states, including Washington. So far, 15 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of salmonella. Two of those people are in Washington. Many people ...
The outbreak under investigation is mostly impacting young children: 17 of those ill are under 5 years old, and 10 children are less than 1. According to federal law, the sale and distribution of ...
While living in central Europe roughly 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals regularly hunted European pond turtles. But they probably didn’t kill the small reptiles to eat them. Instead, a new study ...
May 23rd is World Turtle Day. It’s the perfect time to celebrate what makes these creatures so amazing and focus on what you ...
MIAMI — Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to better understand the lives of modern ...