Sea turtles: navigating with magnetism.
Young sea turtles use the Earth's magnetic field as a source of navigational information during their epic transoceanic migrations and while homing. A new study using satellite telemetry has now demonstrated for the first time that adult turtles also navigate using the Earth's magnetic field.
Lohmann
Kenneth J
KJ
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. klohmann@email.unc.edu
D025041:Animal Migration / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006702:Homing Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008280:Magnetics; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D017215:Satellite Communications; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*