Magnetic Cues Help Sea Turtles Find Their Home Beach
Every couple eld or so , female sea turtles transmigrate chiliad of kilometers across intact sea basins to cuddle on the same stretch of coastline that their mother had pick out before them . After all , successful nesting need a hard - to - find combination of just the right features : indulgent sand , appropriate temperatures , few predator , and easy accession to the beach . But how they find their path back to where they were accept has been a mystery for decade ....