Watch baby sea turtles do a happy dance (video)
Loggerhead sea turtles do an excited "turtle dance" when anticipating food. It's adorable, of course, but it has also allowed scientists to understand better how the turtles navigate. Scientists have theorized that sea turtles memorize coordinates to navigate using a magnetic "map.
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.
Sea turtles ‘dance’ when their superpower leads them to food
Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.
Sea turtles shown to use magnetic ‘map’ to navigate ocean
Sea turtles are incredible cute creatures that also know their way around a map, at least a magnetic “map” in the oceans they traverse through their lives. That’s according to new research published in Nature magazine,
Dancing Baby Sea Turtles Help Researchers Unravel the Mysteries of Their Navigational Superpowers
These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites. They don’t always take the shortest, most direct route, but they do eventually get to where they’re going.
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.
Watch Turtles Boogie When Magnetic Fields Say Food Is Near
Loggerhead turtles can recognize the magnetic signatures that they associate with getting a nice meal – and do an adorable little dance when they do! That’s according to new research that suggests that these turtles use Earth’s magnetic field as a map and a compass in two different ways.
Sea Turtles Dance to Orientate With Earth's Magnetic Field, Study Reveals
Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, scientists said Wednesday.
Dancing turtles show how animals use magnetic field as a map
Dancing turtles show how animals use magnetic field as a map 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 finally solve the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
Scientists have used satellite trackers to shed light on the “lost years” of young sea turtles, a period previously shrouded ...
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Florida scientists help solve mystery of sea turtles' ‘lost years’ in Gulf
Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...
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NestFest, a coastal cleanup that focuses on removing dangerous litter from important sea turtle and shorebird nesting habitat ...
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 ...