In most vertebrates, skin appendages such as hair, feathers, or scales originate from placodes—small, specialized skin regions whose spatial organization is controlled by well-conserved genetic ...

Every several years, small groups of hatchling North Pacific loggerhead turtles, an endangered species, embark on years-long journeys spanning thousands of miles from Japan to the West Coast of North ...

Researchers developed protocols for growing organoids that mimic a turtle liver, the first organoids developed for a turtle and only the second for any reptile. The discovery will aid deeper study of ...