Sea turtles navigate the ocean using the Earth's magnetic field, but until now, it was unknown if they could memorize new coordinates. In this study, baby sea turtles in a bowl were exposed to a ...

"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.

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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 ...

KELLY: Kate Mansfield, from the University of Central Florida, talking about her study on sea turtles - baby sea turtles. It was published this month by the Royal Society. Thank you, Kate.

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 ...

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