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These sea turtles ‘dance’ when magnetic fields lead them to a snack
Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long migrations across oceans, they consistently return to the same feeding and nesting sites. Sea turtles can travel these distances by remembering the magnetic signatures of an area and storing that knowledge in a mental map.
Scientists investigated a mystery of the sea. They found dancing turtles.
Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.
Sea turtles ‘dance’ in magnetic fields associated with food, new study finds
Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.
Where young sea turtles spend their early lives has always been a mystery - until now
Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.
The Surprising Importance of This Adorable Sea Turtle Dance
Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance when they recognize those spots
Dancing Baby Sea Turtles Help Researchers Unravel the Mysteries of Their Navigational Superpowers
These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites. They don’t always take the shortest, most direct route, but they do eventually get to where they’re going.
Onlookers celebrate as green sea turtle is released at Fred Howard Park
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71 sea turtles sickened on odysseys off Cape Cod are named for Greek gods
Over 70 turtles recovering from life-threatening conditions have been given names inspired by Greek mythology at a ...
20 cold-stunned juvenile green turtles are patients at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to ...
In an ‘impressive’ rescue, more than 1,200 sea turtles saved from cold Florida waters
On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea ...
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Florida Aquarium releases green sea turtle back into the wild
"Buckley," the green sea turtle, was found in Dixie County in the middle of a rural dirt road. He has now returned to the water.
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Sea turtles rescued from rare winter storm released at Alligator Point Tuesday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Seven cold-stunned turtles were pulled from the water last month during a rare winter storm by the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab. On Tuesday, two of those turtles returned ...
NC aquarium rehabbing cold-stunned sea turtles
Animal care experts at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher have been taking care of some new temporary residents that ...