When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day to a ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth"s magnetic field to create a personal map of their favourite spots, scientists said Wednesday. Some animals that migrate ...

Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a food, ...

This undated handout photo received from National Geographic Pristine Seas on January 28, 2025 shows a green sea turtle hatchling swimming for the first time in the lagoon of Bikar Atoll in the ...