Learn about the unique way turtles create their scales and how it’s revealing an ancient evolutionary link to dinosaurs, ...

A turtle’s head seems simple: a hard beak, two bright eyes, and a quilt of scales that protect the skull. Look closer and a ...

The turtles rely on Earth’s magnetic field to help them navigate in two ways. A magnetic map aids with location tracking, and a magnetic compass orients them in the right direction.

Sea turtles, also called marine turtles, are found in most of the world's oceans except the cold polar waters. They are ocean wanderers. Skip to main ... Marine turtles: Earth’s ancient mariners.

Researchers like Lohmann have learned that sea turtles, like many other species, seem to navigate using Earth’s magnetic field.That’s the subtle magnetic force — generated by the planet’s ...

Each morning during sea turtle nesting season, scientists and citizen volunteers with Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota comb 35 miles of shoreline looking for turtle tracks from mothers coming ...

Turtles can detect all Earth-strength magnetic fields, ranging from around 25,000 nanoteslas to 65,000 nanoteslas — a measure of magnetic field intensity, according to Goforth.

In this video, we will meet some of the earth’s longest-lived turtles, including Jonathan, who just celebrated his 192nd birthday. AZ Animals (US) Meet Jonathan, the Oldest Turtle on Earth.

April 22 (UPI) --Hundreds arrived at Marathon, Fla., to witness the release of a rehabilitated sea turtle named Addie into the Atlantic Ocean during the Florida Keys Earth Day celebration Tuesday ...