Oh Boy, All Girls Again: FAU Research Tracks Sea Turtle Sex Ratios
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Summary
Forty young sea turtles are back in the ocean, but their future raises a troubling question: Where are the males? After more than two decades of monitoring, FAU researchers are finding increasingly female-biased hatchling populations, with some years producing virtually no males. As warming beach temperatures alter the conditions that determine sea turtle sex, scientists warn that today's imbalance could threaten the next generation decades from now.
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