A female member of an endangered species of turtle has laid eggs for the first time since being rescued, much to the delight of conservationists. The lucky Manning River turtle is part of a captive ...

DENR-Davao relocates 97 Olive Ridley eggs from a high-traffic resort to the Mabini Protected Seascape hatchery for safety.

Sea turtles that hatch from human-made nests may have less well-developed brains, sexual organs and motor skills than hatchlings from natural nests. Conservationists regularly move the eggs of ...

This story is part of a weather partnership between The Virginian-Pilot and WTKR News 3. On Dam Neck Annex, the beaches are quiet. Sporadic sunbathers dot the 4-mile stretch, and an occasional ...

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 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Warmer temperatures are known to make more turtle eggs become female hatchlings, but new research out of Duke University shows that those females also have a higher capacity for egg ...

Conservationists in Cambodia have found nine sea turtle nests on a remote island off the country’s southwest coast, sparking hopes for the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys ...

After decades of global conservation efforts, green sea turtles are rebounding. However, climate change and human pressures ...

New research has found that extreme concentrations of microplastics could increase the temperature of beach sand enough to threaten the development of incubating sea turtles. New research from Florida ...