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Plants & Animals Feb 12, 2025

Sea turtles' secret GPS: How loggerheads learn locations using Earth's magnetic field

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures of different geographic ...

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 7, 2025

Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of plesiosaur had scales on its flippers similar to modern sea turtle species. For their study, published ...

Plants & Animals Feb 5, 2025

Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles' 'lost years'

Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

Plants & Animals Jan 30, 2025

Swimming in the sweet spot: How marine animals save energy on long journeys

Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around making waves isn't the most efficient way to swim. Any energy spent creating waves is essentially ...

Ecology Jan 30, 2025

Bangladesh probes spate of turtle deaths

Bangladeshi scientists are probing the deaths of more than 80 turtles found washed up on the beach over the past week, a government marine research institute said Thursday.

Ecology Jan 29, 2025

Cold-stunned green sea turtles are recovering at a Florida marine life center

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.

Plants & Animals Jan 29, 2025

Sea turtles make a comeback as conservation efforts pay off

Turtle populations continue to face unpredictable challenges from climate change, according to a joint study between researchers from Deakin University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), published ...

Plants & Animals Jan 23, 2025

Study reveals rapid shift in loggerhead sea turtles' range

Loggerhead sea turtles are sentinels for changing oceans. In a new analysis covering nearly 30 years of data on turtle movements, sea surface temperatures, and seawater chlorophyll levels, Stanford scientists found that the ...

Plants & Animals Jan 16, 2025

Portable eDNA test can detect rare softshell turtle in a massive body of water

Scientists have developed and validated a first-of-its-kind, portable environmental DNA (eDNA) test to help detect the world's rarest turtle, the Swinhoe's softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), which is teetering on the brink ...

Ecology Jan 12, 2025

Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles

On a barge hundreds of meters off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.

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