Baby Turtles Dance for Science and Reveal How They Navigate the Open Sea

Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

Mystery of how turtles read their magnetic map solved—they feel the magnetism

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to ...

‘Put it in the trash,’ agency tells man who finds nearly 12-foot Burmese python in road

A Florida man who found and killed a nearly 12-foot-long Burmese python was told by a state agency to "put it in the trash" ...

Florida man captures giant python, told to ‘put it in trash’

Wade Gardner, of Rotonda West in Charlotte County, told WINK News that after spotting the nearly 12-foot python stretched ...

A record number of sea turtles choose Sarasota area beaches for nests

Mote sea turtle conservation program manager said turning out white lights at night can disorientation both for female ...