Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again ...

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

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

In a new study, biology researchers from the College of Sciences’ UCF Marine Turtle Research Group studied the dispersal ...

Scientists have used satellite trackers to shed light on the “lost years” of young sea turtles, a period previously shrouded ...

This photo provided by researchers shows a young green sea turtle with a satellite tag before ... (Kate Mansfield via AP) “This tiny little hatchling is actually making its own decisions about ...

WASHINGTON — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key ... because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow ...