The crisis generated by the emergence and pandemic spread of COVID‐19 has thrown into
the global spotlight the dangers associated with novel diseases, as well as the key role of …

The consumption of a wide variety of species of reptiles caught from the wild has been an
important source of protein for humans world-wide for millennia. Terrapins, snakes, lizards …

Background: Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal distributed in the environment. We conducted
a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the association between urinary …

Sea turtles can be considered a sentinel species for monitoring the health of marine
ecosystems, acting, at the same time, as a carrier of microorganisms. Indeed, sea turtles can …

Assessing mortality of long-lived organisms is fundamental for understanding population
trends and for implementing conservation strategies, but doing so for marine megafauna is …

In order to determine the potential effects of contaminants in juveniles of East Pacific green
turtle, Chelonia mydas, captured alive, circulating trace metal and organochlorine pesticide …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

The review examines the most recent advances on the effect of persistent pollutants on sea
turtles. Research on this topic is still limited, especially that related to toxicity, since they are …

Over the past few decades, there have been increasing numbers of reports of diseases in
marine turtles. Furthermore, in recent years, there have been documented instances of …

Nigeria receives copious annual precipitation to nourish its forests and agriculture, it has an
extensive river drainage system, and it possesses valuable mineral deposits that stimulate …