Because of rising temperatures, more sea turtles are being born female. Cooling nest temperatures could help reduce the trend. Turtle conservation efforts must also address threats beyond climate ...

AMELIA ISLAND - Hours before many residents along the beaches of Amelia Island rise on summer mornings, the sea turtles nesting there are hard at work on their lives' ambition: reproduction.Mother sea ...

The past five years have been the hottest on record for the globe. She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years. Only stars ...

Almost all sea turtles that hatched on the beaches of Florida in the past four years were born female, according to scientists — and the problem isn’t likely to stop. The culprit behind this ...

How do turtles reproduce? Most U.S. turtles lay their eggs from late spring to midsummer, and many people have observed nesting turtles during the past few weeks. These outdoor encounters have led to ...

Residents could play an important role in a research project to mitigate the impacts of climate change on turtle reproduction and coastal erosion. Find out more. Community members will be invited to ...

BOZEMAN – A Montana State University graduate student who has a prehistoric turtle egg on his desk and pet turtles at home is starting to make his mark by studying their ancestors. Dan Lawver and his ...

Sea turtles lay their eggs into the beach sand. Many return to the exact beaches that they were hatched to lay the eggs for the next generation of turtles. But sea level rise due to climate change ...

PORTLAND, Ore. February 1, 2011. Fact: The sex of some species of turtles is determined by the temperature of the nest: warm nests produce females, cooler nests, males. And although turtles have been ...