baby turtles ‘swim’ up through the sand soon after hatching. The reason why this behavior has been a mystery for so long? Well, baby turtles hatch out of nests that are buried deep under the ...

When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

The team believed that observing animals would be key to developing a bot that can swim in sand and dig itself out of sand as well. After considering worms, they landed on sea turtle hatchlings ...

Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.

She and several other volunteers held nets above the turtles to deter seagulls, while others stood guard to keep the crowd from getting too close. The birds are natural predators of the baby ...

The hatchlings instead ended up in a hotel swimming pool and ... about 15 of the sea turtles then called them “for reinforcements.” “Deputies found baby sea turtles all over the area includi ...

Just last week, we heard about a robotic baby sea turtle that can "swim" through the sand.It's not the only robo-turtle in town, though, as another one has been developed to possibly one day lead ...

Turtles were spotted "bullying" a tiny baby gator that was swimming in a pond in St. Augustine. The woman who captured the moment on camera, Robyn Mangold, says there may be a new group of ninja ...

It was just us, Usher, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and, beneath a few feet of sand, thousands of baby turtles waiting for their first swim through the waves.