Python scales host microstructures that block bacterial biofilms—revealing potential for antimicrobial materials

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...

Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...
AOL

Your Guide to Finding Your Eye Shape—and Using Makeup to Accentuate It

Eyes are beautifully diverse, coming in various sizes, colors, and shapes—and each one deserves to be spotlighted at its best. Naturally, with each eye shape comes different makeup tricks and tips to ...
News4Jax

#AskJAXTDY | What happened to Tonca, the giant turtle at MOSH?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. Q: Tonca, an American alligator snapping turtle, was the unofficial mascot of ...
Science Daily

Scientists create smart synthetic skin that can hide images and change shape

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Editorial: Turtle Bay tests land-use conflicts

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Those earlier disputes over land use at Turtle Bay set ...
LAist

Want to see Porkchop the sea turtle? Rescue habitat is now open in Long Beach

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. The public can now see rescued green sea turtles at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach thanks to a newly ...
Gizmodo

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Returns to an Era-Appropriate Format

If you saw and loved the original live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film when it was released, two things are likely true. One, you’re old. And two, you also probably owned it on VHS. There’s ...
PBS

How Millions of Endangered Sea Turtles Find This Tiny Beach

Each fall in Costa Rica, one of nature's strangest spectacles takes place–a tsunami of sea turtles. Each fall, a remote stretch of volcanic sand in Costa Rica transforms into one of nature’s greatest ...
New Scientist

Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought

Sea turtles may be better able to cope with climate change than we had thought. Biologists are concerned that the reptiles might face extinction because warmer conditions will encourage most turtle ...
Jalopnik

Firefighters Use A Blanket And A 'Turtle' To Put Out EV Fire At Gas Station

A burning EV parked at a gas pump could have been a disastrous situation. Fortunately, quick thinking and well-equipped emergency responders in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, quickly contained the fire, ...
New York Post

Terrorists plotted to detonate weapons of mass destruction across LA, feds say in bombshell new charges

Two suspects in a far-left “anti-capitalist, anti-government” extremist group known as the “Turtle Island Liberation Front” were charged Tuesday with plotting to detonate weapons of mass destruction ...