A rock face on the Monte Conero anticline holds many paddle-like footprint tracks packed together on one surface, likely made by sea turtles.

Footprints, however, do not need skeletons to tell their tale. The shapes held clues. Many marks were arched, as if a flipper brushed the bottom while the body hovered above. That differs from the ...

Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.