Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how ... the early baby to toddler life ...

These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites ...