Turtles Immune to Old Age? Maybe Not, According to New Iowa State University Research
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 11:20
in Biology & Nature
Nearly 30 years of data collected on painted turtles in the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa, show that females suffer a steep dip in fertility before the end of their lives, a finding that flies in the face of what scientists have believed about turtles and aging.