In the vast, featureless expanse of the open ocean, how does a sea turtle find its way? For loggerhead turtles, the answer ...
Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...
The sea turtle spent nearly three months recovering after being found stranded on a rural road. Now, it's back in the ocean ...
Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.
shows young turtles may travel more deliberately to find food and safety than had been thought. Many animals use magnetic sensing to find their way and to migrate, including birds, salamanders ...
Lohmann and his colleagues realised that there might be a way to use this behaviour to reveal how turtle navigation works. They put juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in tanks ...