The Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) is Australia’s rarest reptile. Originally it was known only from a single specimen collected in 1839 from an unknown location in Western Australia. No…
Eastern long-necked turtles, once common and abundant, are now greatly reduced throughout much of their range.
Damien Naidoo
Turtles are great evolutionary survivors. With their iconic shells and ponderously slow pace of life, they have plodded through 220 million years of natural selective pressures. In the face of forces…
Warmer temperatures mean more female than male turtles, but it’s not all good news for the guys.
Dave Scriven
Many species have dubious futures in the face of climate change. But sea turtles have a particularly pressing problem: their sex is determined by temperature.
Australia has ecologically and culturally…
