Florida’s sea turtles are grappling with a unique problem made worse by climate change: recent heat waves have caused the sand on some beaches to get so hot that nearly every turtle born was female.

Sea turtle nests hit record highs in Florida this year, tripling last year's numbers. Most new turtles are girls, because a turtle's sex depends on the temperature they sit in as an egg. This is ...

A female loggerhead turtle that was rescued after wedging itself between rocks Monday morning did not nest during her interrupted trip along the beach, according to the town's sea turtle nesting ...

Ancient snapping turtles, vital to North American wetlands, face a unique threat from rising global temperatures. Their ...

The climate is changing, and so are the turtles. The result isn't surprising if you know a bit about turtle biology, but it is alarming. Sea turtles, like these green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), don ...

Scientists haven’t seen almost any male sea turtle hatch in Florida for years due to record temperatures, Reuters reports. Around 99 percent of all baby sea turtles are being born female in the state ...

From a young age, the river turtle embarks on a tough journey; the chance of a turtle hatchling surviving to adulthood is ...

Rising temperatures have caused a major spike in female sea turtle births along Florida’s coast, PEOPLE reports. According to researchers, every sea turtle born on the beaches of Florida in recent ...

A new study has revealed that increasing temperatures are turning green turtle populations almost completely female in the northern Great Barrier Reef. A new study has revealed that increasing ...

A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle casualty of the summer and serving as a timely reminder for boaters to be ...

A dark oblong creature drifted from the depths of Hanoi’s 1,400-hectare Đồng Mô Lake and began to float, motionless, on the surface last weekend. Local residents and conservationists locked eyes on ...