(CN) — Watching hatchling sea turtles take in their new world mere moments before they intently make their way to the sea is an insider’s look at incredible natural perception. Through an awareness of ...

Sea turtles hatch on beaches and immediately swim into the open ocean, where they will spend decades before returning to the exact same beach where they were born to lay their own eggs. This journey ...

Dr. James Spotila, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story on WHYY-FM/Newsworks.org about a new study he coordinated to develop a map of migration patterns of critically ...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) make one of the longest and most amazing migrations in the animal kingdom. In the previous installment, I looked at how the journey begins, with hatchlings ...

Young turtles "feel" magnetism to navigate, according to new research. Hatchling loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field when using a magnetic "map" during their epic ...

Project connects movement and genetics data for the first time to aid marine turtle conservation and recovery A new WWF-coordinated initiative, Blue Corridors for Turtles, aims to close critical gaps ...