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Which turtle should I study? Uneven distribution of research effort across Testudines species

Simon Ducatez, Jayna Lynn DeVore

published 20 Apr 2026

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Space use of juvenile green turtles along the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Fanqi Wu, Veronica Valverde-Cantillo, Chelsea Durr, Mario Espinoza, Maike Heidemeyer, Christopher G. Lowe, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino

published 20 Apr 2026

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Disorientation patterns of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings in Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Kerry L. McNally, Carly Oakley, Megan Davila, Sarah Farinelli

published 15 Apr 2026

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Gross anatomy of the skeleton of neonates of the Orinoco Matamata turtle (Chelus orinocensis)

Liliana Andrea Valencia-Flórez, Luz Natalia Franco-Montoya, Lynda J. Tamayo-Arango, Claudia P. Ceballos

published 01 Apr 2026

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GAN-based underwater image enhancement and scene classification using transfer learning

Amani Homoud, Saptarshi Das

published 27 Mar 2026

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Blood gas and lactate analysis in nesting loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles from southeastern Florida, USA

Faye E. Giebink, Justin R. Perrault, Madison Toonder, Sarah E. Hirsch, Derek M. Aoki, Craig A. Harms, Charles J. Innis, Nicole I. Stacy

published 02 Mar 2026

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Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging

Willemien de Kock, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Ronald van Bommel, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Matthew Von Tersch, Morten E. Allentoft, Meaghan Mackie, Max Ramsøe, Matthew Collins, Michelle Alexander, Per J. Palsbøll, Canan Çakırlar, Oguz Turkozan

published 11 Feb 2026

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Anthropic pressure and causes of death of stranded Chelonia mydas along the northern coast of Bahia - Brazil

Danielle Nascimento Silva, José Luís Catão-Dias, Wendell Marcelo de Souza Perinotto, Thaís Pires, Gustavo Rodamilans Macedo, Priscilla Carla dos Santos Costa, Lorena Ferreira Oliveira, Paula Velozo Leal, Alessandra Estrela-Lima

published 27 Jan 2026

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Prevalence, etiology, and transmission of fibropapillomatosis in Olive Ridley turtles at a mass-nesting colony in the Mexican Pacific

Elizabeth Labastida-Estrada, Karina Marisol Lugo-Trejo, Valentina Islas-Villanueva, Francisco Benítez-Villalobos, Federico Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa

published 07 Jan 2026

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Phenology of nesting marine turtles in the Cayman Islands

Liliana P. Colman, Jane L. Hardwick, Timothy J. Austin, Janice M. Blumenthal, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, Brendan J. Godley, Lorri D. Lamb, Alejandro Prat-Varela, Joseph Roche-Chaloner, Annette C. Broderick

published 31 Dec 2025

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The relationships between box turtle gut microbiomes and personality

Kaija Harlow, Elizabeth K. Service, Jace E. Geiger, Bradley E. Carlson, Steven J.A. Kimble

published 19 Dec 2025

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Health assessment of non-native red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and their impact potential on native species

John M. Winter, Kaitlin Moorhead, Kamila Grochowski-Grum, Chris Anchor, Jennifer A. Landolfi, Laura A. Adamovicz, Matthew C. Allender

published 06 Oct 2025

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Isolation and molecular identification of pathogens causing sea turtle egg fusariosis in key nesting beaches in Costa Rica

Keilor E. Cordero-Umaña, Ruth Hernando-Martínez, María Martínez-Ríos, Jaime Restrepo, Roldán A. Valverde, Laura Martín-Torrijos, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo, Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo

published 25 Sep 2025

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