Detection of Chlamydial DNA from Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Southern Italy by Antonino Pace, Nadia Vicari, Sara Rigamonti, Simone Magnino, Luca Borrelli, Ludovico Dipineto, Alessandro Fioretti, Sandra Hochscheid, Luís Tavares, Ana Duarte

“…Given that only one report of chlamydiosis was described in sea turtles, and that chlamydiae might also be detected in hosts without clinical signs, the current study examined asymptomatic Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles for the presence of chlamydial DNA. …”
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Prevalence of visible injuries to leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the Northwest Atlantic by Archibald, DW, James, MC

“…Identification and understanding of various patterns of injury in marine species such as cetaceans and sea turtles can elucidate corresponding threats and inform conservation efforts. …”
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Projected redistribution of sea turtle foraging areas reveals important sites for conservation by Anastasia Chatzimentor, Vasiliki Almpanidou, Aggeliki Doxa, Charalampos Dimitriadis, Antonios D. Mazaris

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An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes by Randolph Glenn De La Garza, Henrik Madsen, Peter Sjövall, Frank Osbӕck, Wenxia Zheng, Martin Jarenmark, Mary H. Schweitzer, Anders Engdahl, Per Uvdal, Mats E. Eriksson, Johan Lindgren

“…A partial, yet exceptionally preserved hard-shelled (Pan-Cheloniidae) sea turtle with extensive soft-tissue remains, including epidermal scutes and a virtually complete flipper outline, was recently recovered from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. …”
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Sea turtle (Reptilia, Testudines) diversity and occurrence in the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic) by Luís Barcelos, Frederic Vandeperre, Hugo Parra, João Barreiros

“…Since 1986, sea turtles, as well as all marine mammals, are fully protected in the Azores although human-related activities (e.g. plastics, discarded fishing gear) do generate serious injuries and deaths.In this paper, we update sea turtle species' checklist for the Azores and give detailed geographic coordinates on their known occurrences.…”
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Migration Corridors and Threats in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits for Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Autumn R. Iverson, Allison M. Benscoter, Ikuko Fujisaki, Margaret M. Lamont, Kristen M. Hart

“…We use this tool with switching state-space modeling and line kernel density estimates to identify migration corridors of post-nesting adult female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta, n = 89 tracks) that nested at five beaches in the Gulf of Mexico. …”
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Climate Change and Green Sea Turtle Sex Ratio—Preventing Possible Extinction by Jana Blechschmidt, Meike J. Wittmann, Chantal Blüml

“…A recent study on green sea turtles (<i>Chelonia mydas)</i> at the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) showed a highly female-skewed sex ratio with almost all juvenile turtles being female. …”
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Forty years of monitoring increasing sea turtle relative abundance in the Gulf of Mexico by Jacob Andrew Lasala, Melissa C. Macksey, Kristen T. Mazzarella, Kevan L. Main, Jerris J. Foote, Anton D. Tucker

“…We documented over 133,000 sea turtle crawls for 50.9 km of Florida Gulf of Mexico coastline from 1982 to 2021 for a large loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation and a recovering remnant population of green sea turtles. …”
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Association of ocean macroplastic debris with stranded sea turtles in the Central Gulf of Thailand by J Prampramote, W Boonhoh, S Intongead, W Sakornwimol, P Prachamkhai, C Sansamur, O Hayakijkosol, T Wongtawan

“…This study investigated the relationship between stranded sea turtles and macroplastics in the Central Gulf of Thailand. …”
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Climate-mediated population dynamics for the world’s most endangered sea turtle species by Michael D. Arendt, Jeffrey A. Schwenter, David W. Owens

“…Abstract Restricted range, and subsequently small population size, render Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) the most globally endangered sea turtle species. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Disease in Sea Turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) by Stefano Ciccarelli, Carmela Valastro, Antonio Di Bello, Serena Paci, Francesco Caprio, Maria Laura Corrente, Adriana Trotta, Delia Franchini

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The head and neck anatomy of sea turtles (Cryptodira: Chelonioidea) and skull shape in Testudines. by Marc E H Jones, Ingmar Werneburg, Neil Curtis, Rod Penrose, Paul O'Higgins, Michael J Fagan, Susan E Evans, Susan E Evans

“…Sea turtles (Chelonoidea) are a charismatic group of marine reptiles that occupy a range of important ecological roles. …”
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Pre-nesting Movements of Leatherback Sea Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, in the Western Atlantic by Emily P. Bond, Michael C. James

“…In the Western Atlantic, the leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, has a broad geographic range extending from nesting beaches at low latitudes to foraging areas off the coast of Eastern Canada. …”
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Geographical variation in the diatom communities associated with loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). by Bart Van de Vijver, Käthe Robert, Roksana Majewska, Thomas A Frankovich, Aliki Panagopoulou, Sunčica Bosak

“…Epizoic diatoms form an important part of micro-epibiota of marine vertebrates such as whales and sea turtles. The present study explores and compares the diversity and biogeography of diatom communities growing on the skin and shell of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from four different localities: Adriatic Sea (Croatia), Ionian Sea (Greece), South Africa and Florida Bay (USA) using both light and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Changing trends and perceptions of sea turtle egg consumption in Redang Island, Malaysia by Meenakshi Poti, Seh Ling Long, Mohd Uzair Rusli, Jarina Mohd Jani, Jean Hugé, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

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A brighter future? Stable and growing sea turtle populations in the Republic of Maldives. by Jillian A Hudgins, Emma J Hudgins, Stephanie Köhnk, Enas Mohamed Riyad, Martin R Stelfox

“…The Indian Ocean represents a significant data gap in the evaluation of sea turtle population status and trends. Like many small island states, the Republic of Maldives has limited baseline data, capacity and resources to gather information on sea turtle abundance, distribution and trends to evaluate their conservation status. …”
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Lipid extraction in stable isotope analyses of juvenile sea turtle skin and muscle by TF Bergamo, S Botta, M Copertino

“…Studies involving various aspects of the biology and ecology of sea turtles have successfully applied stable isotope analysis. …”
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Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise by Marga L. Rivas, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Nicole Esteban, Antonio J. Carpio, Barbara Barrera-Vilarmau, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Katharine Robertson, Julia Azanza, Yolanda León, Zaida Ortega

“…Our case study focuses on five of the seven living sea turtle species. Under moderate climate change scenarios, by 2050 it is predicted that at some sea turtle nesting habitats 100% will be flooded, and under an extreme scenario many sea turtle rookeries could vanish. …”
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Clinical ultrasonography in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): imaging of pathological features by M. De Majo, F. Macri, M. Masucci, G. Coci, M.G. Pennisi

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Measuring energy expenditure in sub-adult and hatchling sea turtles via accelerometry. by Lewis G Halsey, T Todd Jones, David R Jones, Nikolai Liebsch, David T Booth

“…Measuring the metabolic of sea turtles is fundamental to understanding their ecology yet the presently available methods are limited. …”
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