The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where ...
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 ...
Did you know that sea turtle hatchlings instinctively travel from their nests to the ocean? In a process called “sea finding, ...
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 ...
Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box ...
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 ...
April, the 16-month-old Labrador retriever, is becoming a pro at finding the Eastern box turtle.