Before turtles are hatched — when they're just tiny embryos inside their eggs — they may be able to influence whether they will become male or female, according to a study in China.

KENNEDY: These embryos didn't move around much, and the turtles wound up being nearly all male or all female depending on whether the eggs were warm or cool. Embryos and eggs that weren't treated ...

Turtle Embryos Move in Eggs to Determine Their Sex, Could Cheat 'Potentially Disastrous' Effects of Climate Change. Published Aug 01, 2019 at 11:00 AM EDT. By .

An equation that uses egg size to predict the length of the carapace, or the top part of the turtle's shell, revealed that this thick egg was likely laid by a turtle with a 5.3-foot-long (1.6 ...

Scientists found a single embryo could experience temperature differences of up to 4.7C within its egg – and any shift larger than 2C can massively change the sex ratio of turtle offspring.

Mother turtles may decide where to bury the eggs, but the embryos aren’t passive. By moving about in their cramped homes, they have a small say in their own fates.

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Warmer temperatures are known to make more turtle eggs become female hatchlings, but new research out of Duke University shows that those females also have a higher capacity for egg ...

Because turtles, all of which lay eggs, entered the scene about 220 million years ago. ... produce eggs, but the embryos develop inside the mother instead of in a shelled egg outside the body.

The eggs may not hatch all at once, and only about 7 percent of them usually do. Because the embryos are so fragile, it's crucial that you do not try to help during hatching, as it may be fatal ...

The South Florida heat is causing more sea turtles to die in their nests, with this year’s dry scorching summer prompting embryo deaths to more than double, researchers say. Sea turtle nests … ...