Steering small boats, they looked for young turtles drifting among algae in the Gulf of Mexico ... Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow ...

Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

The process of tagging the turtles involved searching for them amongst floating algae in small boats. While the tags eventually detached due to the rapid shell growth of the young turtles ...

Steering small boats, they looked for young turtles drifting among algae in the Gulf of Mexico ... off because "the outside of a young turtle's shell sheds as they grow very quickly," said ...

Steering small boats, they looked for young turtles drifting among algae in the Gulf of Mexico ... because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...