Sea Turtle, Dancing Baby

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
Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again
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.
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.
Researchers find out how baby sea turtles use magnetic fields to navigate
Researchers found loggerhead turtle hatchlings can be conditioned to recognize magnetic fields, which helps them locate feeding sites.
Sea turtles ‘dance’ when their superpower leads them to food
Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.
Sea Turtles Dance to Orientate With Earth's Magnetic Field, Study Reveals
Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, scientists said Wednesday.
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Scientists have figured out what happens to sea turtles during their ‘lost years’
Challenges with tracking and data collection meant little was known previously about the lives of adolescent turtles ...
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Sea turtles are surviving—despite us
Sea turtles, it appears ... hiding her future offspring from predators. Leatherback hatchlings dig their way out of their nest toward the surface. As the last layer of sand crumbles away ...
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Cold-stunned sea turtles are turning up on Pensacola Beach. Here's what to do:
Cold-stunned turtle are also vulnerable to predators. With colder or more prolonged conditions, as typically seen in the northeastern U.S., sea turtles tend to become more debilitated. This ...
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More than 40 green sea turtles released after cold-weather rescue
GALVESTON, Texas — More than 40 cold-stunned green sea turtles were released ... dangers including boat strikes, predators, and exposure. The timing of the turtle release was strategically ...
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Was Padre Island National Seashore part of January sea turtle rescue?
They’re also vulnerable to predators while lethargic ... Nueces County, Mid-Coast Sea Turtle Rescue, the Amos Rehabilitation Keep, the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network, and numerous ...
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Cold-stunned sea turtles are washing up on Coastal Bend shores
Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles are washing up on the coast ... where they’re vulnerable to predators, boat strikes or washing ashore and become stranded. The arctic cold front that swept ...