The majority of green sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef are now female. Comments. Science. Shivali Best. 13:38, 09 Jan 2018 Updated 11:22, 10 Jan 2018 (Image: Moment RF) ...

It’s a turtle tragedy. Tumors are crippling an increasing number of green sea turtles on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with pollution being investigated as the prime culprit. The animals ...

The northern Great Barrier Reef is a part of the world’s largest coral reef system and home to one of the world’s largest green sea turtle populations. Over the course of a nesting season ...

Our recent research on the largest green turtle population in Africa reports unusually high male hatchling production. We found almost balanced hatchling sex ratios (1 female to 1.2 males).

The scientists studied turtles from two distinct breeding grounds – a larger population from the warmer northern Great Barrier Reef, and a smaller population from a cooler area about 1,200 miles ...

Stunning Drone Footage Shows Thousands of Turtles Nesting on the Great Barrier Reef Scientists from the Queensland Government's Department of Environment and Science captured the footage using a drone ...

A turtle on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. An analysis of blood samples showed dozens of chemicals in the blood of green turtles there. William West/AFP/Getty Images ...

More than 99 percent of juvenile sea turtles born along part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are female, according to a new study. Jan. 14, 2018, 10:24 AM EST / Updated Jan. 14, 2018, 10:24 AM EST ...

Australia: 99 Percent of Great Barrier Reef Sea Turtles Are Turning Female in Freakish Effect of Climate Change. Published Jan 09, 2018 at 10:46 AM EST Updated Jan 10, 2018 at 4:08 PM EST.

The "turtle and dugong capital of the world", the northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait region, faces increased pressure under climate change from human actions such as fishing, hunting ...

Each winter, hundreds of sea turtles wash ashore on Cape Cod, cold-stunned by frigid water that leaves them unable to move or ...

Over 99 per cent of green turtles born on beaches in the northern Great Barrier Reef are now female due to nest overheating, but cooling their nests with seawater may help to rebalance the sex ratio ...