New research indicates that sea turtles seem to navigate across hundreds of miles of open ocean using Earth's magnetic field. Previous experimental studies suggested that sea turtles use geomagnetism ...

April set off down a wooded path on the North Fork, nose to the ground, darting and weaving through the bunchberry, blackberry and ferns. She wore a bright orange vest treated with permethrin to deter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small baby sea turtle crawls along the sandy shore towards the ocean to survive. The turtle hatched on the island of Sri Lanka.

Turtle nesting season is upon us, so we thought this was a good time to reveal the secret nesting ritual of sea turtles that few people get to see. The process is far more involved than just digging a ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles and tortoises. Turtles, tortoises and terrapins, which together make up the order Testudines, have ...

A hilarious wildlife rescue unfolded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as a group of people worked together to move a stubborn snapping turtle out of the road near FDR Park. Kimberly Taylor shared ...

A snapping turtle that apparently had been displaced by spring flooding has been rescued from the Lake Michigan shoreline and placed back into more suitable habitat. “Doug the Tank”, a 33-pound ...

High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems. By Laura Kiniry Published May 12, 2026 9:01 AM ...

One of the biggest risks of an electric vehicle is its battery. In order to provide enough power to not need gas, a large lithium-ion battery is placed in the car, typically at its underside. Even the ...

As measures to protect sea turtles ebb and flow, the turtle’s “lost years” spent out at sea after they hatch on beaches along Florida and around the tropics have remained a tricky factor in ...