Simple Summary Showing one of the most extraordinary phenomena in nature, with
thousands or hundreds of thousands of females coming out of the water to nest in a highly …

Background Nest selection is widely regarded as a key process determining the fitness of
individuals and viability of animal populations. For marine turtles that nest on beaches, this …

For decades sea turtle projects around the world have monitored nesting females using
labor-intensive human patrolling techniques. Here we describe the first empirical testing of a …

Sea turtles face a risk of extinction due to climate change causing warming of nests, which
may increase both sex ratio skews, with fewer males being produced, and embryo mortality …

Our study aimed to establish reference values for nesting females and compare them with
those previously reported to understand olive ridley turtles' health status and contribute to …

Reproductive seasonality is present across species and phyla. Many species retain
seasonal patterns even in tropical regions where climatic variations may be less apparent …

We report on a study of previously un-surveyed sea turtle nesting beaches in an isolated
region of the Azuero Peninsula in central Pacific Panama. The initial identification was …

Olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) are the most common sea turtle found in the Gulf of
California. Unfortunately, the bacterial flora of nesting olive ridley turtles is still unknown. We …

Olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) are the most numerous sea turtle species worldwide
and also locally along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Published data on their distribution and …

We undertook this study to identify threats to, and quantify success of, in situ nests of the
critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) without intentionally …