Read more about the article The Only Viable Recorded Loggerhead Sea Turtle Egg Laid This Year In Spain Hatches At Oceanarium
Picture shows the only Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that managed to survive from the 31 eggs of the only nest this season in Spain, undated. The eggs were laid on July 26, 2022, on the beach of Guardamar del Segura, and of all the eggs translocated to the Valencian aquarium, only two were fertile. (Oceanografic de Valencia/Newsflash)

The Only Viable Recorded Loggerhead Sea Turtle Egg Laid This Year In Spain Hatches At Oceanarium

The sole surviving hatchling of the only loggerhead sea turtle nest found in Spain this year has greeted the world for the first time in a new video from the…

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Read more about the article New Technique Used To Unfreeze 1,300-Year-Old Ice Prince Child’s Grave
The defrosting process of the 1,300-year-old child's grave in the German state of Bavaria. (BLfD/Newsflash)

New Technique Used To Unfreeze 1,300-Year-Old Ice Prince Child’s Grave

Experts have used a new technique to thaw the 1,300-year-old remains of a child dubbed the "Ice Prince" after they froze them with nitrogen to preserve them. The "Ice Prince"…

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Read more about the article Huge 36 Stone Turtle Rescued In Spanish Port After Suffering Injuries In Net
Moment of performing an ultrasound on the turtle weighing 230 kilos, at the Oceanografic facilities. (Oceanografic Valencia/Newsflash)

Huge 36 Stone Turtle Rescued In Spanish Port After Suffering Injuries In Net

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This is the moment caring vets treat a huge, 36-stone leatherback turtle - which is listed as critically-endangered - after it became entangled in a fishing net at a Spanish…

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Read more about the article Research Sensation As German And US Scientists Discover The Worlds Tiniest Land Snails In Vietnam
The smallest known land snail Angustopila psammion which was discovered by German researchers. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Research Sensation As German And US Scientists Discover The Worlds Tiniest Land Snails In Vietnam

German and US researchers have discovered two incredible snails - one of which is smaller than a grain of sand and believed to be the world's tiniest land snail, and…

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Read more about the article Baffled Customs Officers Find Endangered Tortoise Skeleton In Its Shell Shipped From Switzerland As Home Decoration
The skeletonised tortoise listed by the IUCN as 'vulnerable' which was found by customs officers in the city of Augsburg in Germany. (Hauptzollamt Augsburg/Newsflash)

Baffled Customs Officers Find Endangered Tortoise Skeleton In Its Shell Shipped From Switzerland As Home Decoration

German customs officers have seized a protected tortoise skeleton along with its shell that was shipped from Switzerland to Germany as a home decoration. The officials at the Donauwoerth Customs…

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Read more about the article UNESCO Abbey Portrayed In Umberto Ecos Name Of The Rose Gets Mollusc Shell Collection Stolen By Gestapo Returned
The valuable collection of mollusk shells that was stolen by Nazis in 1941.

UNESCO Abbey Portrayed In Umberto Ecos Name Of The Rose Gets Mollusc Shell Collection Stolen By Gestapo Returned

A spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Benedictine abbey that was once plundered by the Gestapo has received back a long-lost collection of Mollusc shells 80 years after they were stolen from…

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Read more about the article Cave Find Suggests Humans Wore Necklaces 120K Years Ago
Unperforated shell from Misliya cave at 160,000 years ago or earlier (top), and perforated and ochre covered shell from Qafzeh cave dated to 120,000 years ago or younger (bottom)

Cave Find Suggests Humans Wore Necklaces 120K Years Ago

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Israeli archaeologists have found evidence that early humans wore shell necklaces painted with ochre as far back as 120,000 years ago. The discovery, which included several examples of ancient shell…

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