Six of the seven sea turtle species are endangered because of myriad factors including climate change, poaching, and habitat destruction. Moving turtle eggs from beaches into hatcheries is a common ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bangladesh has seen the highest number of olive ridley turtle eggs this year, a conservationist group says. The olive ridley’s main nesting ground ...

In a heartening development for wildlife conservation in Chennai, the nesting season for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles has kicked off on Marina Beach, with the first batch of turtle eggs being ...

Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a dozen more ...