An exceptionally preserved sea turtle reveals ancient sun protection
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered well-preserved pigments and other biomolecules in a 54 million-year-old baby sea turtle. The molecular analyses show that the turtle’s shell contained pigments to protect it from harmful UV rays of the sun. The researchers investigated the microscopic and molecu
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exceptionally-preserved-sea-turtle-reveals-ancient-sun-protection - 2026-05-21
