World Turtle Day is celebrated every year on May 23rd. It is a special day to learn about turtles and tortoises and to help protect them. This day was started i ...

Clara Amit / Israel Antiquities Authority In the deepest, darkest reaches of a cave in northern Israel lies a boulder carved to resemble a tortoise shell. Its deep grooves were gouged some 35,000 ...

A carved boulder found deep in a cave in Israel may have been used for rituals more than 35,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Over 35,000 years before Jesus Christ, as many as 100 individuals gathered in the Manot Cave to gather around a carving of a tortoise shell in a boulder. Although it’s unclear exactly what the ...

It truly marks the end of an era. Sears, a long-time provider of clothing, tools, and jewelry, is closing its last store in Washington. Only nine stores remain in the entire U.S. The store at the ...

Richard Sears, a railroad station agent, started selling watches as a side business in North Redwood, Minnesota. The following year, he moved to the company's first Chicago location and hired ...

A woman who has become well known for taking her tortoise therapy pet on walks along the beach has said she "doesn't know where I'd be" without her unusual companion. Jackie Leek is regularly ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (CBS) --An era has come to an end in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, as crews on Thursday were working to tear down the old Sears, Roebuck and Co. corporate headquarters.

Powell will actually be appearing in the parade for Oro Valley's 50th anniversary celebration. You can look for her, decked out in a tortoise shell and wings, with a big Tortoise Fairy sign.

BURBANK, Calif. -- To the casual shopper, Sears, one of America's oldest retailers, may appear to be on life support. The department store chain that once reinvented how Americans shopped now ...