Climate change is skewing turtle populations by altering hatchling sex ratios. Explore how temperature affects turtles, why ...

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 climate crisis’ impact on sandy beaches affects more than just rising sea levels and how much sunscreen we apply. It’s also contributing to an upswing in the number of turtles that are born female ...

MIAMI — Sometime in mid-August, 400 baby alligators will hatch on the roof of a building at the University of North Florida. Researchers will scoop up the newborns and tally them up: male or female?

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 ...

The green sea turtle (chelonia mydas) was listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...