Turtle sex determination is all over the map. Some species use the XX/XY system most familiar to mammals like ourselves. Others, like the spiny softshell turtle, use the ZZ/ZW system where an ...

Scientists found that tiny cell antennas called primary cilia may help turtle embryos turn nest temperature into sex.

When most baby turtles hatch, their sex depends on the temperature of the sand or soil where their mother laid her eggs. Warm ...

All turtles are able to snap, but not every turtle is a snapping turtle. You can identify the two most common species by ...

Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Nearly every species of sea turtle is endangered, some of them at critical levels. That’s a remarkable statement, considering they’ve roamed the Earth’s waters and beaches for more than 100 million ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

Despite the promise of rebounding green sea turtle numbers, many sea turtle populations continue to flounder under the ...

In many turtle species, temperature determines the sex of hatchlings — a biological process known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Rather than genetics alone deciding whether a sea ...