Loggerhead Turtle Migration Follows Magnetic Map. News. By Lily Whiteman published 20 June 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) hatch on the shores of Japan and spend much of their time in the open Pacific, but sometimes mysteriously crop up in Mexico, 9,000 miles ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- When we first met a group of endangered loggerhead sea turtles last year, they were plunging into the Pacific, outfitted with satellite tracking devices. Since then ...

To investigate their theory, the researchers analyzed a 19-year database of loggerhead nesting along the eastern coast of Florida, the largest sea turtle rookery in North America.

In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, a team at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and other institutions detailed its new study into the obscure migration ...

Geomagnetic cues help young loggerhead turtles navigate the open ocean during their epic 8,000 mile journey between leaving their natal beaches in Florida, and returning 5-10 years later to breed.

Scientists search for possible link between El Niño and epic 8,000-mile sea turtle migration. It is believed that seasonal warming cycles like El Niño temporarily opened a migration path in the ...

Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle, swam 22,000 miles in two years of her migration path from Australia to South Africa.

Loggerhead sea turtles are sentinels for changing oceans. In a new analysis covering nearly 30 years of data on turtle ...

WABASSO — Four loggerhead sea turtles from this year’s Tour de Turtles migration marathon made their way recently into the Atlantic Ocean. And you can track where they go.

Loggerhead turtles navigate their way in the ocean by picking up magnetic cues from the Earth's surface, according to a new research published in Current Biology.

Baby loggerhead turtles washed ashore after winter storms blew ... are being pampered with treatments like massages by marine conservationists to help them restart their globe-crossing migration.