Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...

Rising temperatures are already causing a disproportionate number of females. Scientists have discovered another way environmental conditions are affecting the population growth of an endangered ...

Chemical pollution could be skewing the sex ratio of sea turtles by making more eggs hatch as females, putting the species at risk of extinction. Sea turtles are one of many reptiles whose sex depends ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

LAGOS (Reuters) -Plastic pollution, discarded fishing nets and coastal development are taking a heavy toll on Nigeria's sea turtles, say conservationists battling to save them. "We're seeing a drastic ...

Researchers find exposure to heavy metals cadmium and antimony and certain organic contaminants, accumulated by the mother and transferred to her eggs, may cause embryos to be feminized in green sea ...

Green sea turtles are struggling because of climate change, habitat destruction, erosion and other threats. Matteo Colombo In a nest of green sea turtle eggs, the sex of the hatchlings depends on the ...

The tumors are caused by a herpes virus and usually afflict young green sea turtles living in near shore pollution hotspots. Grisly tumors that have been afflicting young green sea turtles off Florida ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — More sea turtle hatchlings are finding their way home, thanks to initiatives being launched by the City of Delray Beach. The City of Delray Beach says during the 2024 ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) – In theory, Huntington Beach State Park is the perfect spot for sea turtle hatchlings. Its coastline is protected from development, so dunes provide soft sands for nesting ...

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JUPITER — A small green sea turtle frantically moved its flippers back and forth as it went from a plastic bin to a table at Jupiter's DuBois Park Monday morning. Outside the water, the turtle ...