Pioneering conservation research conducted by the University of Sheffield has led to the first successful artificial ...

As sand temperatures continue to rise, concerns about the future of sea turtles are growing. Hotter nests not only skew sex ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center was a part of an exceptionally uncommon box turtle hatch that has gone viral. The center welcomed four Eastern Box Turtles, two of which ...

Sea turtle hatchlings show mental resilience in rising heat, but hotter sands weaken their bodies and threaten long-term ...

Each of the tiny Eastern box turtles used their “egg tooth” to slice through their shells, poked out their tiny legs and wiggled free. But the third egg looked different, said Kayla Short, a reptile ...

Snakes, like most reptiles in the world, are oviparous. This means that rather than producing live young ones, the way mammals do, snakes produce an immature single cell — an egg. Most snakes follow ...

The last turtle nest of the summer began hatching on Wednesday. Over 40 turtles began slowly crowling to the sea from Ramla L-Ħamra yesterday evening. The nest in Gozo’s only large sandy beach is the ...

A new study reveals red tide toxins transfer from mother sea turtles to hatchlings, reducing survival rates in Southwest ...

A “successful” turtle hatching season came to a close as the sixth and last turtle nest of 2025 completed hatching with a total of 62 turtles making their way out to sea. The hatching at Ramla L-Ħamra ...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are the most common nesting turtle here, although green, Kemp's ridley and leatherbacks have nested here.