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Sea turtles

This reading profile brings together 2 source-linked articles that reference sea turtles.

Fauna does not yet have a full sourced identification profile for this name, so this page keeps the relevant reading together without inventing missing species detail.
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Source-linked reading

  1. 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.
  2. 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.