AMES, Iowa – A new study led by an Iowa State University scientist sheds light on how organisms have evolved to address imbalances in sex chromosomes. The study looks at a species of softshell turtle, ...

Green sea turtles are producing more females in response to a warming climate — and human-caused pollution is helping fuel the surge, a recent analysis suggests. Writing in Frontiers in Marine Science ...

A new study sheds light on how organisms have evolved to address imbalances in sex chromosomes. The study looks at a species of softshell turtle, but the results could help to illuminate an important ...

(CN) — A new study published on Monday revealed how pollutants are compounding the effects of rising temperatures on green sea turtles, causing the endangered reptile to produce mostly female ...

Green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are at risk of extinction due to poaching, collisions with boats, habitat destruction, and ...

Chemical pollution could be skewing the sex ratio of sea turtles by making more eggs hatch as females, putting the species at risk of extinction. Sea turtles are one of many reptiles whose sex depends ...

In the fascinating underwater world, gender is far from fixed. Many aquatic animals can change their sex, a unique biological process known as sequential hermaphroditism. This natural adaptation ...