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

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These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

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

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

Sea turtles are incredible cute creatures that also know their way around a map, at least a magnetic “map” in the oceans they traverse through their lives. That’s according to new research published ...

Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.

Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

"Buckley," the green sea turtle, was found in Dixie County in the middle of a rural dirt road. He has now returned to the ...

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Scientists have discovered a new reason for turtles to dance for joy: Loggerhead sea turtles seem able to discern and remember magnetic field signatures, which could help them find food.