Merak 2026 is a national initiative organised by The Tree House International in collaboration with artists and students from universities and schools across Sri Lanka. The initiative aims to drive ...

The Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists has launched an innovative telemedicine psychology program designed to provide essential support and mental health care to individuals adversely affected by the ...

After months of careful treatment and recovery, three young green sea turtles glided back into the ocean this week, marking ...

Not all animals have brains, and all of them happen to be sea creatures. From the man-o-war to the sea cucumber, here are 12 animals that don’t have a brain and a quick look at how the heck they ...

Green Globe Certification has awarded JW Marriott Maldives Kaafu Atoll Island Resort its inaugural certification. Situated between the blue skies of the Maldives and the Indian Ocean’s azure waters, ...

They appear straight out of prehistory – and they are; the reptiles have survived mostly unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs. They are a soft shelled turtle with thick, black, rubbery skin where ...

I’m a huge fan of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, in all of its quirky, smelly, mullet-y goodness. You can find me with a ...

In 2025, 11-year-old Touren Pope was rock hunting with his grandparents in southwest Wyoming when he stumbled upon something extraordinary: a prehistoric fossilized turtle shell. Experts examined the ...

In the wake of the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, it felt like Paramount was unsure of the hit on its hands for the venerable heroes in a half shell. Plans were made up for a ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before modern turtles evolved into the familiar forms we recognize today, some ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...