Native wildlife species at certain places face population decline, often when there is a disturbance in their natural balance. Factors like loss of their natural habitat, rapid climate change, rising ...

When Ngarrindjeri woman Lucy Sumner was growing up on the River Murray, turtles were everywhere. Wherever she went as a young girl, the animals which she had learnt about through Creation stories ...

Yosemite’s ponds used to echo with the booming calls of invasive bullfrogs, which devoured young turtles, newts, birds, and more. Now, with bullfrogs nearly gone, native sounds are returning—and so ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Life can get off to a rough start for loggerhead sea turtle ...

There are many threats to sea turtles, but most of them come from humans. Dangers may range from getting entangled in fishing gear to losing their habitats from beach erosion and human development.

An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – ...

Hundreds of frozen endangered sea turtles wash up on the shores of the East Coast every year as ocean temperatures plummet from winter conditions. Most of them are nearly frozen to death, paralyzed ...