Differences in integumentary permeability dictate alternative life history strategies in
amphibians and reptiles. Limiting resources for amphibians are chiefly associated with …

The dwindling numbers of leatherback turtles are signalling a threat to biodiversity in the
oceans. A mathematical model based on our assessment of a once-large leatherback …

Adult sea turtles are among the largest living reptiles and the only reptiles that exhibit long-
distance migrations that rival those of terrestrial and avian vertebrates. Many details of these …

We collected data on nesting ecology and identified individual turtles that nested at Parque
Nacional Las Baulas, Costa Rica, one of the few remaining nesting sites for Pacific …

The Florida coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach is one the most important
nesting areas for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Western Hemisphere and for …

Laboratory incubation of eggs and histology of gonads indicated that the pivotal temperature
for leatherback turtles nesting on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica at Playa Grande was 29.4 C …

Proyecto Laúd coordinates the conservation activities for the leatherback turtle on 4 index
beaches of the Mexican Pacific, combining efforts of different government and …

Egg-burying reptiles need relatively stable temperature and humidity in the substrate
surrounding their eggs for successful development and hatchling emergence. Here we show …

Clutches of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, have lower hatching success than
those of other sea turtles, but causes of high embryonic mortality are unknown. We …

The number of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at Parque Marino Las
Baulas declined precipitously in the 15 years that we monitored the population (1988–1989 …