A 200-pound green sea turtle named JP Saul was released back into the ocean on Thursday, March 6, after recovering from a ...

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

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 ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, scientists said Wednesday. Some animals that migrate ...

Though the study offers new insights into sea turtle navigation, many questions remain. Scientists are still searching for the underlying body part that allows the reptiles to pick up Earth’s ...

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When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day ...

Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a ...

Being ectotherms or cold-blooded, sea turtles’ body temperature is regulated by external sources such as water temperature and sunlight. Turtles exposed to water temperatures 50 degrees Fahrenheit and ...