The last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died in April of unknown causes, leaving only two males as the final known living members of a species that has for years been teetering on the ...
Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...
Green sea turtles may be running out of males, as the effects of rising temperatures and pollutants are making them hatch mostly female. This endangered species has seen some beaches where over 99 ...
Sea turtle nests hit record highs in Florida this year, tripling last year's numbers. Most new turtles are girls, because a turtle's sex depends on the temperature they sit in as an egg. This is ...
The spotted turtle is a very rare turtle in Massachusetts, but it is impossible to mistake for any other species. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON The story of this spring has been the weather; ...
(CN) — A new study published on Monday revealed how pollutants are compounding the effects of rising temperatures on green sea turtles, causing the endangered reptile to produce mostly female ...
SARASOTA, Fla. — Each morning during sea turtle nesting season, which occurs between May 1 and Oct. 31, scientists and citizen volunteers comb 35 miles of shoreline in Sarasota County, Fla. They look ...
Before turtles are hatched — when they're just tiny embryos inside their eggs — they may be able to influence whether they will become male or female, according to a study in China. And this could ...
A recent study has found that turtles exposed to warmer ambient temperatures have increased numbers of germ cells — specialized cells that develop into eggs — leading to the development of more female ...
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