Marine turtles migrate back to their natal region during reproduction, but the precision of this
homing behavior and how the precision varies among populations and across …

Hybridization is known to be part of many species' evolutionary history. Sea turtles have a
fascinating hybridization system in which species separated by as much as 43 million years …

Abstract The giant South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa) is the largest extant
member of the suborder Pleurodira and the largest freshwater chelonian in South America …

Globally, sea turtle hybridization has been reported at very low frequencies. However, in
Brazil, a high incidence (> 40% of morphologically assigned hawksbills) of hybridization …

Numerous studies of sea turtle nesting ecology have revealed that females exhibit natal
homing, whereby they imprint on the nesting area from which they hatch and subsequently …

The worldwide population of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) encompasses
seven subpopulations among the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It has experienced …

Climate change affects species and ecosystems around the globe [1]. The impacts of rising
temperature are particularly pertinent in species with temperature-dependent sex …

MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected blootl samples froim adult females nesting at Las
Baulas (thanks to Dr. David Rostal). When hatchlings emerged from these nests, we took …

Numerous studies of sea turtle nesting ecology have revealed that females exhibit natal
homing, whereby they imprint on the nesting area from which they hatch and subsequently …

Paternity was determined for three clutches and up to 20 offspring per clutch in the green
turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Ascension Island, South Atlantic, using microsatellite markers …