Turtle Island is the name used by some Indigenous peoples for the continent of North America (or the Earth as a whole) and, ...

The turtles’ ability to recognize learned magnetic locations remained unaffected by the radio frequency fields. However, their ability to orient themselves using Earth’s magnetic field as 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. Now ...

One hypothesis was just starting to be floated in those days: that to aid their long-distance migrations leatherbacks and other sea turtles appear to use the Earth's magnetic field (see Figure 1).

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth, growing up to seven feet long and exceeding 2,000 pounds. These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that ...

Planet Earth 2 has proven to be the breakout television ... In an incredibly important scene, a plethora of newly-hatched baby turtles, disorientated by city lights in Barbados, found themselves ...

It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian turtles and tortoises are sexually diamorphic, with the female being up to 10cm larger than the male. Turtles and tortoises move ...

“The turtle dance is a strange pattern of behaviour ... that are influenced by Earth’s magnetic field. To try to affect any such system, the team used an additional magnetic field that ...