Throughout their evolution, turtles have adapted to a wide ... to the massive leatherback sea turtle, which can weigh over 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds). Their diets vary as widely as their ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

The way that turtles evolved into their modern form, with a shell fused to their skeleton and a beaklike face without teeth, has been described as “one of evolution’s most enduring puzzles”.

my general interest in sea turtles and biology expanded greatly as I realized that sea turtles were a prime example of vertebrate physiology, ecology, and evolution. Additionally they had a long-term ...

But a study published June 13 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution finds that this off-site or ex situ incubation may negatively affect the developing turtles. A team of Mexico-based researchers ...

One of the most direct and pervasive menaces is the global decline of large marine vertebrates such as sea turtles, key for the maintenance of the structure and functioning of their habitats. Located ...