Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

Despite the ubiquitous nature of sleep, its functions remain a mystery. In an attempt to
address this, many researchers have studied behavioural and electrophysiological …

Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system of
rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As these names …

In recent years, it has become clear that frugivory and seed dispersal (FSD) by turtles and
tortoises is much more common than previously thought. We here review published and …

Far from the line drawings and black-and-white photos of the past, Infectious Diseases and
Pathology of Reptiles features high-quality, color photos of normal anatomy and histology …

Despite their complex evolutionary history and the rich fossil record, the higher level
phylogeny and historical biogeography of living turtles have not been investigated in a …

The adult sex ratio (ASR) has critical effects on behaviour, ecology and population
dynamics,, but the causes of variation in ASRs are unclear,. Here we assess whether the …

The defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles. Over 300 million years ago, an early
land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be …

The scale of the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires both effective conservation prioritisation
and urgent action. As extinction is non-random across the tree of life, it is important to …

Pleurodires or side-necked turtles are today restricted to freshwater environments of South
America, Africa–Madagascar and Australia, but in the past they were distributed much more …