Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

The findings spotlight part of a creature’s life that was overshadowed for decades by hatchling races to the sea and nesting adults on familiar beaches. Young turtles do more than just drift – they ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by researchers shows a young green sea turtle released with a satellite tag swimming in ...

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

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“We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to toddler life stages of sea ... ocean currents, literally going with the flow. “What we’ve uncovered is that the turtles are actually ...

Today sea turtles are found on the beaches of every continent except Antarctica, and they swim in all tropical and ... I sit in a delivery truck as the ocean flickers through the royal palms.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle swimming along the ocean floor. Image by shalamov via Depositphotos. The journey of a sea turtle begins when a female turtle returns to the shores where she was born, often ...