Sea turtles
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- Field guideHow sea turtles navigateSea turtles extract directional and positional information from geographic patterns in Earth's magnetic field, then combine those cues with experience and other senses to travel between widely separated habitats.
- Field guideHow animals detect magnetic fieldsExperiments support sensitivity to field direction, inclination, or intensity in multiple taxa; radical-pair chemistry, magnetic particles, and electromagnetic induction are leading mechanism classes, not one confirmed universal sensor.
- Field guideHow reptiles regulate body temperatureMost reptiles obtain much of their heat from the environment, but that does not make their temperature passive. By moving among thermal patches and changing posture, orientation, and activity time, an animal can make its body warmer or cooler than the surrounding air.
- Field guideLight pollution and wildlifeLife on Earth evolved with a reliable cycle of day and night, and artificial light at night breaks it. Glare and skyglow disorient migrating birds and sea-turtle hatchlings, draw and exhaust insects, and shift the timing of feeding and breeding across many species—yet much of the harm is avoidable with smarter, shielded, warmer lighting.