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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.
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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?
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At a research institute in Malaysia, vets are using herbs as another option to treat injured or sick turtles.
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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
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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.
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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
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In their statement the MCS reports that balloon litter on UK beaches has risen by over 50% between 2015 and 2016.
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Far from being lost, it is likely that this area comprises part of its distribution range.
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They arrived at this conclusion after studying the bones of dead turtles that had washed up on Mexican beaches, in a bid to find out more about the animal's migratory patterns.
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Since 1983, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (ARCHELON) has taken efforts to protect loggerhead turtles in and around Greece.
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More than 1,000 juvenile hawksbill sea turtles had been found in the coral reefs surrounding the atoll, which is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Reserve System.
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Currently sea turtles are protected species in St Vincent, but with a open season running from August 1 to February 28 where larger specimens can caught and traded.
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A team of researchers from University of Michigan focused on leatherback sea turtles nesting on St. Kitts, an island in the West Indies southeast of Puerto Rico.
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12,026 nests have been counted – the highest number to date - and the nesting season has two more months to go.
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Sea turtles have evolved a set of defenses against sharks, using their unusual shape, and their ability to flexibly change direction to evade these efficient predators. In this case, a tiger shark is shown attacking a sea turtle.
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Despite good swimming abilities, juvenile loggerhead turtles are thought to drift passively for a significant portion of their existence on the high seas
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