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

Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

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

This new research provides the first concrete evidence that loggerhead turtles hone this remarkable ability. This superpower ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

Scientists discover turtles use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, proving animals can ...

When exposed to a magnetic field they were trained to associate with food, turtles responded with “dancing” behavior.

Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance ...