Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a turtle peeks its head out of the water However, the internal mechanisms behind this have been a bit of a mystery. New lab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Loggerhead turtles are always on the move. Migrating thousands of miles over the course of their lifetimes, these sea turtles navigate according to Earth's magnetic field, which they sense through two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change is altering the very biology of turtles, with ...

Loggerhead turtles travel thousands of miles from where they are born to foraging locations then return again to lay eggs. A new study shows how they do it. Sea turtles, along with birds and salmon, ...

While the “turtle dance” is particularly charming, Goforth noted this behavior likely only occurs in captivity. However, the movement pattern provides a useful measure to show whether the turtles ...

To juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, a tasty squid might as well be a disco ball. When they sense food—or even think some might be nearby—these reptiles break into an excited dance. They tilt their ...

In the vast, featureless expanse of the open ocean, how does a sea turtle find its way? For loggerhead turtles, the answer lies in an invisible force: Earth’s magnetic field. But these ancient ...

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 ...