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.
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
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.
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.
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 solve the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.
Sea turtles’ secret GPS: researchers uncover how sea turtles learn locations using Earth's magnetic field
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures of different geographic regions.
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.
Watch turtles ‘dance’ when a magnetic field signals a meal
Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be using it in a different way.
Florida Aquarium releases green sea turtle back into the wild
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How the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab saves sea turtles
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Comatose and Washed Up, 1,000 Endangered Sea Turtles Are Rescued in Florida
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Ghana to host 43rd International Sea Turtle Society Symposium
The symposium which will be held under the theme “Unity and Collaboration” is organised by International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS), in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Fisheries ...
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The group of football experts making predictions for this weekend's Super Bowl includes an esteemed North Jersey analyst.
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Dancing turtles help us understand how they navigate around the world
The turtle dance is a strange pattern of behaviour that emerges quickly in young captive sea turtles when they figure out ...
Tamil Nadu: More Than 1000 Sea Turtles Carcasses Wash Up To Shores; Reason Behind Mass Death Remains Unknown
Literally, the Chennai shores have become a graveyard for #oliveridley turtles. Today, over 130 carcasses mostly decomposed ...
Turtle deaths: TN withdraws subsidy for 100 Chennai fishermen
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