UNC-Chapel Hill researchers discovered that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember specific magnetic signatures associated with feeding locations, demonstrating their ability to create a magnetic map. The study reveals two distinct mechanisms for magnetic navigation in turtles - a map sense for location and a compass sense for direction - which may have evolved separately.

https://www.unc.edu/posts/2025/02/12/dancing-turtles-unlock-scientific-discovery/

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