On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning ...

A single egg now helps scientists study hidden male sea turtles and understand their role in survival and long term ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

Hatchlings talk inside their shells to time their birth, but the roar of massive barges may soon drown out their sound.

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...

Video. In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, along the Rio Negro, more than 1,500 Amazonian turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis ...

What if sex isn’t entirely left to chance? In humans, sex determination is usually described as a random process. The egg always carries an X chromosome, while sperm either carry an X or Y. When ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY — A week after being taken into the care of environmental workers in Calanasan, Apayao, a female Asian or Cantor’s giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) named “Malaya” was ...

Around 1,500 turtles have been released to Brazil's Rio Negro in Jau National Park as part of conservation efforts.

Riverine communities and scientists release around 1.500 Amazonian turtles at Jau National Park, on the Rio Negro in the ...

Sea turtles that have nested on the same stretches of sand for thousands of years are running out of room. As ocean levels ...