New study on migration patterns of the North Pacific loggerhead turtle

A new study published in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal, led by a team from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and other institutions, and headed by previous Woods research associate Dana Briscoe and Larry Crowder, focuses on the obscure migration patterns of the North Pacific loggerhead turtle. The study highlights how these turutles who usually only thrive in warm water, are able to traverse a part of the ocean that was thought to be impassable. The findings could prove to be essentiall in protecting sea turtles and other creatures, particularly in relation to climate change. Coverage about this study is below:

Researchers Unravel the Mystery Behind a Turtle's Seemingly Impossible Journey | Inside Science | 03 June 2021 

Loggerhead turtles travel through a hidden corridor | Explica.co | 13 May 2021

What Happens When Six Sea Turtles Go Rogue | Eos | 26 April 2021

Unravelling the mystery of sea turtle migrations: Ocean-warming events like El Niño give the animals a ‘thermal pathway’ through colder waters on 9,000-mile journey from Japan to Mexico | Daily Mail | 09 April 2021

El Niño gives loggerhead turtles power to beat chill | The Times | 09 April 2021

Endangered Sea Turtle Migration May Be Linked to Ocean Warming Events | Courthouse News Service | 08 April 2021

Turtles complete seemingly impossible journey thanks to a hidden 'corridor' through the Pacific | Live Science | 08 April 2021