A sea turtle that found itself stranded more than a mile from the ocean in November finally made its way back home.

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to ...

Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.

GALVESTON, Texas -- At the Gulf Center of Sea Turtle Research, dozens of sea turtles are being nursed to health. The center's ...

Sea turtle populations are rising thanks to conservation efforts, but climate change and habitat loss still threaten their ...

Turtle rescues from Cape Cod are a regular event. The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary searches for turtles that get stuck in ...

Scientists have used satellite trackers to shed light on the “lost years” of young sea turtles, a period previously shrouded ...

What the researchers found challenged many old ideas. Scientists long thought that tiny turtles drifted passively with ocean currents, literally going with the flow. “What we’ve uncovered is ...