A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, sometimes worn thin. They do not look like remains at first. More like leftovers ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves ...

Let’s turn to animals to answer this question. Just like animals, our attraction is guided by traits that would make someone ...

In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

Shell’s profit miss comes after analysts revised down their forecasts, following a company update in January that warned its oil trading performance in the quarter had been “significantly lower” than ...

Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean some 5 million years ago ...

From boardwalk classics to seaside favorites, these New Jersey Shore snacks keep generations coming back for their timeless ...

Regenerative agriculture has been around for centuries. In more recent years, grocery brands have been adopting the traditional farming method and marketing it to shoppers. You’ll find yogurts, grains ...