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Sea turtles to spend more time house-hunting in the future

4 years 1 week ago By Annie Won

In the future, sea turtles in the US will find it harder to find suitable nesting habitat, due to climate change, rising sea levels and coastal development.

With many countries in lockdown, turtles can nest in peace

4 years 4 months ago By Annie Won

With a considerable portion of the human population in lockdown due to COVID-19, animals are making the most of this time; some are venturing into human communities out of curiosity and to forage, while others are taking the opportunity to copulat

Why do sea turtles eat plastic? Perhaps because it smells good

4 years 5 months ago By Main Minion

To understand sea turtle behavior around ocean plastics, the research team compared how sea turtles in a lab setting reacted to smelling odors of turtle food, ocean-soaked plastic, clean plastic and water.

Study identifies key loggerhead turtle foraging grounds

4 years 7 months ago By Annie Won

After tracking female loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean, scientists at University of Exeter discovered that they feed at the same locations every year.

Temperature within turtle eggs can affect hatchlings' gender

5 years 1 month ago By Annie Won

A new study has revealed that while still in their shells, turtle embryos sometimes can influence their own gender.

Climate change threatens Cape Verde loggerhead turtles

5 years 2 months ago By Annie Won

The continued rise in global temperatures isn’t just a matter of discomfort for turtles—literally, it can lead directly to the extinction of their species.

Wild population of green turtles in the Cayman Islands has recovered as a result of a reintroduction program

5 years 5 months ago By Main Minion

The decline of green sea turtle nesting populations worldwide led this species to be listed as Endangered in 1975 by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), and in the 1980s, several studies concluded that the green sea turtle nesti

Shielding turtle eggs from global warming

5 years 9 months ago By Annie Won

In the past decades, the relatively high mean temperatures of 31 degree Celsius at St Eustatius have caused the turtle population to become female-biased.

Will this turtle hatchling be able to find any suitors when it comes of age?

Moisture found to be another factor affecting gender of turtle hatchlings

6 years 7 months ago By Annie Won

Remember our recent article about rising temperatures causing 99 percent of the turtles born in Australia's Northern Great Barrier Reef in the last twenty years to be female? Well, they aren't the only brood to turn almost all-female.

Scientist Camryn Allen processes samples from green sea turtles in a field laboratory in the northern Great Barrier Reef.

Higher temperatures turn sea turtle broods to nearly all-female

6 years 8 months ago By Annie Won

Whether in person or through video footage, we've all seen pregnant sea turtles laboriously making their way up a beach to lay their eggs in the sand. Did you know that the temperature of the sand determines the gender of the offspring?

Vets use herbal medicine to treat sick and injured turtles

6 years 8 months ago By Annie Won

At a research institute in Malaysia, vets are using herbs as another option to treat injured or sick turtles.

Merlin | The Mind of a Sea Turtle

6 years 9 months ago By Ila France Porcher

While the intelligent awareness and emotional nature of our pets is accepted increasingly in our society, a strong prejudice lingers against the idea that animals considered 'cold' and 'low,' such as fish, amphibians and reptiles, could be sent

Scientists call for extension of go-slow zones for turtles

7 years 2 months ago By Annie Won

They arrived at this conclusion after tracking 18 green and 20 loggerhead turtles, concentrating mainly in the Moreton Bay area of Brisbane, where most strikes occur.

BPA found to affect turtles

7 years 3 months ago By Annie Won

A recent study by researchers from Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Westminster College and the Saint Louis Zoo has revealed that the genetic pathways of young turtles can get altered if they are exposed to BPA during their early