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

This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to ...

In a nutshell Scientists discovered sea turtles can learn and remember specific magnetic field signatures of geographic ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...