This bionic sea turtle could be a surprising ally in the fight against ocean pollution

Ocean pollution is already major environmental problem, but one 15-year-old from Ontario has designed an AI-powered robotic ...
Phys.org

Is flood pollution causing turtle strandings? Researchers look for answers in their cell response

Last year was a grim season for sea turtles in Queensland's Wide Bay-Burnett region with more than 10 times the usual number of sick and dying animals, including over 100 turtles, pulled from the ...
The Rookie WireOpinion

Celebrate sea turtle conservation successes, but don't stop the fight | Opinion

After decades of protection, green sea turtles are rebounding and no longer classified as endangered on the global Red List ...
Newsweek

Endangered Sea Turtles Face More Risk

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Green sea turtles may be running out of males, as the effects of rising ...
Phys.org

Endangered turtle population under threat as pollution may lead to excess female hatchlings

Green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are at risk of extinction due to poaching, collisions with boats, habitat destruction, and ...
Science Daily

Endangered turtle population under threat as pollution may lead to excess of females being born

Researchers find exposure to heavy metals cadmium and antimony and certain organic contaminants, accumulated by the mother and transferred to her eggs, may cause embryos to be feminized in green sea ...
Newsweek

Halloween ‘Witch’s Finger’ Found in Turtle’s Gut

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dead sea turtles have been discovered with a vast array of plastic ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Metal Pollution May Be Making More Green Sea Turtles Female

Green sea turtles are struggling because of climate change, habitat destruction, erosion and other threats. Matteo Colombo In a nest of green sea turtle eggs, the sex of the hatchlings depends on the ...

Plastic bags can look and smell like food to sea turtles — and it can turn deadly

Dozens of wildfires are raging across the western United States, burning homes and national forest lands and forcing the ...

Preventable Beach Mistakes That Can Trap Baby Sea Turtles

Every summer, millions of baby sea turtles hatch and crawl toward the ocean, but common beach habits that most people never ...
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Endangered turtle population under threat as pollution may lead to excess of females being born

Green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are at risk of extinction due to poaching, collisions with boats, habitat destruction, and ...
EurekAlert!

Endangered turtle population under threat as pollution may lead to excess of females being born

A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures.