Sea turtles have survived for more than 100 million years and can navigate thousands of miles of open ocean using Earth’s magnetic field — yet artificial lights along a beach can still send newly hatched turtles crawling inland instead of toward the sea

An evolutionary superpower refined over millions of years crumbles against a single streetlight. The post Sea turtles have survived for more than 100 million years and can navigate thousands of miles of open ocean using Earth’s magnetic field — yet artificial lights along a beach can still send newly hatched turtles crawling inland instead of toward the sea appeared first on Space Daily .