Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long migrations across oceans, they consistently return to the same feeding and nesting ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

Researchers at Tohoku University, the University of Manchester, and Osaka University have made a breakthrough that has the ...

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For decades, something strange has lurked inside the icy giants of our solar system. Uranus and Neptune, distant blue worlds ...

For loggerhead turtles, the answer lies in an invisible force: Earth’s magnetic field. But these ancient mariners don’t just use magnetism as a compass — they also create a mental map of the world, ...

Researchers have discovered that applying a magnetic field during 3D printing can significantly reduce defects in metal parts ...

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

Scientists have discovered a new reason for turtles to dance for joy: Loggerhead sea turtles seem able to discern and remember magnetic field signatures, which could help them find food.

Now, fresh research shows that loggerhead turtles—the most common sea turtle species nesting in the U.S.—can actually “remember” the magnetic fields of certain locations. This built-in GPS likely ...