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How ‘Dancing’ Turtles Are Helping Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Magnetic Navigation
In the vast, featureless expanse of the open ocean, how does a sea turtle find its way? For loggerhead turtles, the answer ...
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Dancing Turtles Show How Animals Use Magnetic Field As A Map
Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Has Officially Moved—Again
In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...
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Turtle dance shows how animals use magnetic field as map
Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...
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Sea turtles ‘dance’ when their superpower leads them to food
Loggerheads rely on two distinct magnetic systems — a magnetic map for tracking locations and a magnetic compass for orienting ... 20 years later to lay their first nest. Once the researchers ...
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Sea turtles use magnetic ‘map’ and ‘compass’ to navigate the ocean
This map and an internal magnetic ‘compass’ rely on distinct mechanisms ... same feeding and nesting sites each year. After the first cohort of turtles learnt the magnetic signatures, we ...