Records of compass heading for long-distance ocean migrators show mid-ocean reorientation
Graeme C. Hays, Kimberley L. Stokes, Giulia Cerritelli, Daniel P. Costa, Arina B. Favilla, Paolo Luschi, Matthew Rutishauser, Jared Tromp, Nicole Esteban · 2026
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Graeme C. Hays leads a 2026 study tracking how green turtles steer across open ocean between nesting beaches and feeding grounds. How sea animals find distant targets far from land has puzzled scientists for over a century.
New tags sent compass headings by satellite during trips over 1000 kilometers that lasted about 27.5 days on average, a span the authors report. Turtles often held one steady heading for long stretches, even when that path drifted off course, then turned to correct it. Steady legs with rare fixes fit the idea that turtles use magnetic signposts or rough maps, rather than constant fine tuning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Graeme C. Hays, Kimberley L. Stokes, Giulia Cerritelli, Daniel P. Costa, Arina B. Favilla, Paolo Luschi, Matthew Rutishauser, Jared Tromp, Nicole Esteban |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30065 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |