Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a food, ...

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.

Their diet is often influenced ... protected beaches target turtle eggs and hatchlings. At least the flatback turtles on Thevenard Island are faring better than loggerhead turtles along western ...

The front cover of the new book, "Okaeri, Umigame" (Welcome back, sea turtle), features a baby loggerhead with its flippers extended. The contents include about 40 photos taken between spring and ...

Rangers at the Mon Repos turtle rookery on the Bundaberg coast say they have seen the biggest influx of nesting loggerhead turtles since the 1970s.