Watch Scientists Extract a Rare Turtle Fossil
Clip: Season 49 Episode 6 | 3m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The Late Cretaceous period was kind of the heyday of turtles.
With teamwork, careful handling, and a little help from liquid nitrogen, scientists unearth a remarkable baenid turtle fossil.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust and PBS viewers.
Support provided by:
Watch Scientists Extract a Rare Turtle Fossil
Clip: Season 49 Episode 6 | 3m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
With teamwork, careful handling, and a little help from liquid nitrogen, scientists unearth a remarkable baenid turtle fossil.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Where to Watch NOVA
NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the PBS app.
Buy Now
NOVA Labs
NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration. Participants take part in real-world investigations by visualizing, analyzing, and playing with the same data that scientists use.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence Preview
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S49 Ep6 | 29s | Striking new fossils paint a picture of life right before the asteroid impact. (29s)
Inside a Fossilized Pterosaur Egg
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S49 Ep6 | 2m 58s | Bones and shells can tell us a lot about how these creatures lived. (2m 58s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- Science and Nature
Capturing the splendor of the natural world, from the African plains to the Antarctic ice.
New Episode
Recently Added
Support for PBS provided by:
National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust and PBS viewers.