1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Animals / Wildlife

Navigating the High Seas - A Magnetic Theory

Magnetic Map Enables Marine Animals to Navigate to Their Birthplace

From Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Sea turtles and salmon possess an astonishing ability to migrate vast distances from their birthplace and, years later, return to their home territory to reproduce. This navigational feat, known as natal homing, has baffled scientists for many decades. Just how do these animals remember the location of their birthplace with such precision?

Images 1-5 of 5

Sea Turtle HatchlingLoggerhead AdultLoggerhead HatchlingNesting Green Turtle, Hawaii
Three Loggerhead Hatchlings
  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Animals / Wildlife
  4. Zoology Basics
  5. Ethology
  6. Animal Navigation - Magnetic Map Enables Marine Animals to Navigate to Their Birthplace>

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.