In fact, it’s six tonnes of plastic debris within the population of female green sea turtles at any given time.

Because of this, green sea turtles are in trouble. As the world warms because of human-caused climate change, a larger amount of hatchlings are being born female. At some beaches in the northern ...

Green sea turtles typically dig nests about 50 cm deep and lay around 100 eggs at a time. After incubating for about 50 days, ...

Climate change appears to be shifting the female-to-male balance in some populations. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Green sea turtles had an exceptional nesting season on Florida’s beaches in 2023 ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles ...

He argues that metals, which have been shown to mimic female sex hormones in humans and other animal species, could also have an impact. Green turtles eat algae and sea grass, which can contain ...

"This becomes especially important as climate change will continue to make nesting beaches warmer and more female-biased." A green sea turtle among the corals at lady Elliot island, in Queensland ...

For an exact number of female and males to be born, scientists refer to the pivotal temperature which sits at 29.3 degrees Celsius (84.74 degrees Fahrenheit) for the green sea turtle. But here's ...

Someone found the juvenile female green sea turtle on April 15 at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and reported it to the stranding hotline, the seashore's officials said online on May 18.