Paleontologists have long thought that all dinosaurs laid hard-shelled eggs, much like crocodiles and birds (their descendants) do. But a new analysis of fossil eggs discovered in the Gobi Desert ...

New research suggests that the first dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs -- a finding that contradicts established thought. The study analyzed the eggs of two vastly different non-avian dinosaurs and ...

The last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died in captivity aged 90, leaving just three of the species left TAKE a good, long look at the incredible creatures on this page – if things don’t ...

For decades, paleontologists and molecular biologists have disagreed about whether turtles are more closely related to birds and crocodiles or to lizards. Now scientists have developed a new technique ...

TAKE a good, long look at the incredible creatures on this page – if things don’t change, they might soon all be as dead as a dodo. On Tuesday, The Sun told how the Yangtze giant softshell turtle ...