Figure 2: Extensive expansion of olfactory receptor genes in turtles. Figure 3: The molecular divergence of turtle and chicken embryos follows the hourglass model with a maximally conserved vertebrate ...

After peaking in 2022 with hundreds of green sea turtle strandings, cases of soft-shell syndrome are in decline. It is believed the disease is connected to the turtles' food source, after seagrass ...

The Joint International Turtle Genomes Consortium, led by investigators from RIKEN, BGI, and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has completed the genome sequencing of soft-shell turtle (Pelodiscus ...

Scientists in London, Ont. have released a record number of eastern spiny softshell turtle hatchlings into the wild in the largest single attempt in Canada to bring the endangered species back from ...

In the version of this article initially published, the claim that the ghrelin gene was lost specifically in the two turtle species was incorrect, and ghrelin ...

Cases of a fatal turtle disease characterised by necrotic lesions are trending downward on Queensland's Fraser Coast, but researchers still hold concern for the population's future. Marine turtles ...