Earth’s magnetic field triggers a superpower in sea turtles that makes them ‘dance’
This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and more.
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Sea turtles use Earth's magnetic field like an invisible map
Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.
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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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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 ...
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Baby Sea Turtle’s First Steps Are Absolutely Adorable
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Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to ...
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This Caribbean Island Has World-class Snorkeling and Diving — and Sits Along the Second-largest Barrier Reef in the World
Carley Rojas Avila is a bilingual travel writer, editor, and content marketer. She is an expert on Latin America, the ...
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Critically endangered sea turtles saved by Water Authority staff
Department of Environment staff excavated the turtle nest in East End. - Photo: Department of Environment Water Authority workers saved a number of baby sea turtles that got confused by artificial ...
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Forest dept sets up turtle hatcheries at Gahirmatha sanctuary
This follows a successful nesting period earlier this month when 301,159 Olive Ridley sea turtles laid eggs between April 2 and 7 last year. The forest department has initiated training programs ...
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Turtle sculpture unveiled as part of Freeport anniversary
“The turtle behind us, the big one, is roughly 850 pounds, so it is not easy to move ... she created was a set of nine stingrays and a sea coral sculpture on East Sunrise Highway, which weighs ...
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Cold-stunned green sea turtles are recovering at a Florida marine life center
JUNO BEACH, Fla. — An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
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Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation
Damage to an underwater fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea, running from Ventspils in Latvia, to the Swedish island of Gotland, was detected last Sunday. Image: Pic: Reuters "It is suspected that ...