Salamon Orest Symko Craig Taylor Clayton Williams Whale of a Tail and a Tale By Joe Bauman Deseret News Discovery is the heartbeat of science.
Nothing happens without it, and nothing is more exciting to a scientist than a major find.
For a biologist, the peak experience of a lifetime of research might be locating a new species of animal. John M. Legler holds shell and tail of the Mary River Tortoise, which he and a colleague found. The latest is the Mary River Tortoise, a new genus of short-necked turtle from Queensland, Australia. Adult Elusor, whose shells are slightly more than a foot long, have been collected. It may be related to mating.