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.

And we came up with a couple methods for four different species of turtles that we caught offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. KELLY: And just to describe - I was looking at pictures of what your team ...

Baby loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “It is amazing that sea turtles have access to a wealth of ...

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Baby sea turtles seem to respond to information present in the magnetic field from the very beginning of their lives, they added. The researchers studied turtles in two laboratory environments ...

The number of sea turtles washing up on UK beaches has more than doubled in recent years, prompting the creation of the country's first dedicated rehabilitation centre in Brighton. Last year ...

"We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to toddler life stages of sea turtles,” said Kate Mansfield, a marine scientist at the University and director of the turtle research group.