Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...

In the vast, featureless expanse of the open ocean, how does a sea turtle find its way? For loggerhead turtles, the answer ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance ...

Sea turtles are renowned for their incredible ... quickly moving their front flippers, and sometimes even spinning in place, according to the study. To confirm the consistency of these findings ...

Even sea turtle scientists don't yet fully understand ... alternatively paddling with their flippers and sometimes spinning in place. The study demonstrates that magnetic fields may help the ...

Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...

Mischief managed! Our loggerhead sea turtle patient is headed home to the ocean after a 16-month rehabilitation at our Sea Turtle Healing Center. [...] ...

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

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...