Genetic data show turtles and lizards had a close common ancestor. Turtles should sit on the same branch of the tree of life as lizards, according to a genetic analysis that could clear up a long ...

Like detectives, they have learned that fingerprints help solve the puzzle…genetic fingerprints. For decades, most sea turtle studies and conservation efforts have focused on nesting females and ...

A ground-breaking study sheds new light on the genetic diversity of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles, uncovering new and unique genetic variation across six nesting sites in Indonesia’s ...

Scientists have conducted the first genetic census of endangered green turtles throughout south-east Asia and Australia, providing a conservation tool. "The green turtle is on the red list of ...

But loggerhead sea turtles appear to have broken that common wisdom. Their genetic similarities are closely linked to the magnetic field of the nesting area where they were born, according to new ...

This is according to US scientists who used a new genetic sequencing technique called Ultra Conserved Elements (UCE) to finally settle the debate on turtle evolution. The results, they say ...

To help untangle this mystery, in 2022 the World Wildlife Fund launched an initiative called ShellBank, which aims to use genetic analysis to trace sea turtle products to their points of origin.

Toastier nest temperatures, rather than sex chromosomes, turn baby turtles female. Now, a genetic explanation for how temperature determines turtles’ sex is emerging: Scientists have identified ...

In the genetic age, ecologists’ jobs are made much easier by two things. One is that every organism carries its own chemical identity card, in the form of its genome. The second is that they ...

Marine turtles are known to roam over wide areas of ocean between feeding and breeding grounds. Genetic testing has shed new light on Kimberley marine turtle populations and where they ...