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

Now, a new study is offering more insights into this advantageous behavior. Baby loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the ...

Well, what happens next in the turtles' lives - the juvenile years - that has been a bit more of a mystery. In fact, scientists call it the lost years. So researchers set out to catch baby turtles ...

Tourists helped to release newborn sea turtles into the sea in the Philippines. Footage shows holidaymakers gathering at the beach in front of a resort to witness newly hatched marine mammals return ...

Some 4,900 yellow-spotted river turtles, also known as tracajás, have been released into the Igapó-Açu River, in Brazil. The threatened species lives in river basins in northern South America ...

Townsville City Council has set up an amber light tower in an innovative lighting trial to help turtle hatchlings find their ...

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

Townsville City Council put in place measures to help baby turtles find their way to ... at Saunders Beach that was at risk of leading newborn turtles away from the ocean. Photo: Angela Rheeders.