turtles

Juvenile sea turtles might be active swimmers

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A small turtle with a rectangular tracker on its back. Somebody is holding the animal.

Juvenile sea turtles are active swimmers! Video via EarthSky. Scientists have long thought that young sea turtles – after hatching on the shore and making their way into the ocean – drifted passively on currents. But the University of Florida said on February 6, 2025, that these juvenile sea turtles might be active swimmers. A … Read more

Dancing turtles reveal how animals navigate magnetic fields

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A close up image of a brown baby turtle, which can navigate using magnetic fields, held gently between someone's fingers.

UNC-Chapel Hill researcher holding a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle. Credit: Ken Lohmann, UNC-Chapel Hill I can’t imagine what it would be like to sense a magnetic field. But a new study has presented the first evidence that loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) use magnetic fields as a compass to determine direction and also use it to … Read more