Where Do Newly Hatched Baby Sea Turtles Go?

The first few hours of a loggerhead sea turtle’s life are pretty exciting. After hatching in their beach nests, the baby turtles crawl clumsily into the Atlantic Ocean and swim out to sea.
But, what happens after these golf-ball-sized swimmers paddle off into the sunset?
To investigate, Kate Mansfield and her colleagues wanted to tag the creatures with some kind of instrument and then use satellites to track them where researchers can’t.