These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites ...

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

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.

Ken Lohmann / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sea turtle migrations are impressive: These aquatic reptiles swim thousands ... advantageous behavior. Baby loggerhead turtles can ...

Why does this matter? I mean, just explain to a nonscientist, why does it matter where a baby turtle goes or whether it's drifting or swimming? MANSFIELD: I would say that we know very little ...

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

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