Âé¶¹Éç

Use Âé¶¹Éç.com or the new Âé¶¹Éç App to listen to Âé¶¹Éç podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,4 mins

Sea turtles: male population in decline

Focus on Africa

Available for over a year

The reptiles have long been an attraction and help draw tourism to the archipelago. A sixth of the world's turtles are to be found around Cape Verde. But rising temperatures are threatening their future survival. And it's all to do with egg laying and sex. We hear from Claire Tanner, a doctorate student who has been studying the connection between rising temperatures and sex ratios in loggerhead sea turtles. (Photo: Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, is found in oceans worldwide. Credit: Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Images)

Programme Website
More episodes