Human land-use changes represent the most important drivers of biodiversity loss, and
amphibians and reptiles represent the most threatened groups of vertebrates globally …

The majority of the world population is now inhabiting urban areas, and with staggering
population growth, urbanization is also increasing. While the work studying the effects of …

Cadmium, a nonessential heavy metal that comes from natural and anthropogenic sources,
is a teratogen, carcinogen, and a possible mutagen. Assessment of potential risk from …

Here we review mechanisms and factors influencing contaminant exposure among
terrestrial vertebrate wildlife. There exists a complex mixture of biotic and abiotic factors that …

In sea turtles, parental investment is limited to the nutrients and energy invested in eggs that
will support embryonic development. Leatherback females have the largest clutches with the …

A large data gap for reptile ecotoxicology still persists; therefore, ecological risk
assessments of reptiles usually incorporate the use of surrogate species. This necessitates …

Threatened or endangered reptiles, such as sea turtles, are generally understudied within
the field of wildlife toxicology, with even fewer studies on how contaminants affect …

Environmental contamination with metals is a serious problem worldwide. All metals may be
toxic above a certain threshold. No less than one-fourth of all metals are included in priority …

The wet landscape approach to oil sands tailings reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands
region involves creating wetlands from fluid tailings in mined-out pits. We measured time to …

The aquatic environment represents the final repository for many human-generated
pollutants associated with anthropogenic activities. The quality of natural freshwater systems …