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Buried before birth: How turtle hatchlings dig their way to the surface

Being buried alive sounds like a nightmare, but it is just the beginning for green turtles. This turtle species starts its ...
The Earth Times

How Climate Change Is Rewriting Turtle Sex Ratios: The Heat Behind a Biological Shift

Climate change is skewing turtle populations by altering hatchling sex ratios. Explore how temperature affects turtles, why ...
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57 turtle hatchlings at Blank Park Zoo help reverse endangered species population decline

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Staff with Blank Park Zoo say they’re celebrating after the hatching of 57 Blanding’s turtles, a species that is considered endangered globally. Blanding’s turtles have had ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Tracking sea turtles is a long, slow process that just might keep them alive

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer Gabi Steinbach ...
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‘Extremely rare’ albino turtle hatches in Canada. Then comes a second. See them

Two rare albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched at the offices of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, experts said. Jeffrey Eisen Unsplash Two “extremely rare” albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched in ...