Nestings of adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) on western Gulf of
Mexico (GoM) beaches of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and hatchlings (both sexes) that reached the …

Sea turtles are vulnerable immediately after emerging from nests and before they reach the
surf. Mortality rates during this brief period are largely unknown. Many sea turtle monitoring …

Although nesting beaches are critical resources for sea turtles, most beaches in the United
States are disturbed by human influence, including human access, artificial lighting, and …

Blanding's Turtles (International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN] Endangered) are
long-lived reptiles with delayed sexual maturity. Anthropogenic landscape changes have …

Leatherback turtles have an average global hatching success rate of∼ 50%, lower than
other marine turtle species. Embryonic death has been linked to environmental factors such …

We measured sea turtle hatchling production on 16 sea turtle nesting beaches (219.6 km) in
Florida (USA) from 2002 to 2012. A standard protocol was used to sample 19701 …

Overwintering, aka delayed emergence from the nest, is a global phenomenon among
Temperate Zone turtles and occurs in the majority of families of freshwater and terrestrial …

The numbers of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the eastern Pacific Ocean have
declined by up to 90% in the past 2 decades. Initially, egg harvesting was determined to be …

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nest on dynamic, erosion-prone beaches.
Erosive processes and resulting nest loss have long been presumed to be a hindrance to …

Effective transboundary conservation of highly migratory marine animals requires
international management cooperation as well as clear scientific information about habitat …