Non-technical Articles about Research in the Lohmann Lab


Links to Online News Articles

·         National Geographic (2008) - “Movement Ecology” to Explain Salmon Homing?

·         Wired Science (2008) – “Hacking Salmon’s Mental Compass to Save Endangered Fish”

·         Voice of America News (2008) – “Researchers Propose New Theory of Long-Distance Animal Navigation”

·         National Geographic (2007) - "Glow Sticks May Lure Sea Turtles to Death"

·         ScienceNOW (2004) - "Magnetic Maps Guide Migrating Turtles." Note: Access requires AAAS member subscription or a ScienceNOW site pass.

·         Science News (2003) - "Homing Lobsters: Fancy Navigation, for an Invertebrate"

·         National Geographic (2003) - "Lobsters Navigate by Magnetism, Study Says"

·         ABC News, USA  (2001) - "How Sea Turtles Find Their Way"

·         BBC News, United Kingdom  (2001) - "Turtles Steer a Steady Course"

·         CBC News, Canada  (2001) - "Sea Turtles are Natural Navigators"

·         National Geographic (2001) - "Magnetic Map Found to Guide Animal Migration"

·         USA Today (2001) - "Sea Turtles Use a Natural Compass to Find Their Way"

·         Why Files (2001) - "Lost 'n Found, Turtle Style"

·         National Science Foundation Frontiers (1996) - "Footloose on Earth's Invisible Highways: How Migrating Animals Find Their Way"


Radio Interviews

·         Northwest Public Radio (2008)

·         Voice of America (2008)

·         Canadian Broadcasting Corporation "Quirks and Quarks" interview

·         Florida Environmental Radio


Selected Magazine and Newspaper Articles

·         "Animal Behaviour: The Lobster Navigators." Nature 421: 27-28, January 2, 2003.

·         "How the Spiny Lobster Finds Home: Magnetism." New York Times, January 7, 2003, p. D3.

·         "Animal Magnetism Guides Migration." Science. 294: 283-284, October 12, 2001.

·         "Magnetic Map Readers" Nature Australia, Winter, 1997, pp. 7-8.

·         "Navigation Satellites Have Rival: the Sea Turtle." New York Times, March 12, 1996, p. B6.

·         "Internal Compass Guides Sea Turtles." Science News 148: 31, July 8, 1995.

·         "Sea Turtles Master Migration With Magnetic Memories." Science. 264: 661-662, April 29, 1994.

·         "How Sea Turtles Navigate." Scientific American. 266(1): 100-106, January, 1992.