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

Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every once in a while, however, these imprints of times past are found by ...

Fossilized tracks on Italy’s Monte Conero could reveal turtles or marine reptiles fleeing a massive earthquake millions of years ago. These grooves and indentations in the limestone face may have been ...