There's No Place Like Home

Sea turtles are famous for migrating across thousands of miles of open ocean before returning to nest on precisely the same stretch of coastline where they hatched, but exactly how they do this has mystified scientists for more than fifty years.

However new studies suggest that like many migrating birds and honeybees, Sea turtles are guided by very slight differences in the Earth's magnetic field. Not only that, but evidence shows that the turtles actually imprint on the unique magnetic field of the beach where they were hatched and then use this information to return as adults.

Sea turtles likely go to great lengths to find the places where they began life because successful nesting requires a combination of environmental features that are rare: soft sand, the right temperature, few predators, and an easily-accessible beach.

Despite the turtles’ heroic feats of navigation though, many return to find that human activities and development have disrupted their beaches or even ruined them for use as nesting sites. Thankfully, there’s at least one beach in Bali that’s still safe, thanks in small part to Maidenhead Aquatics’ own relationship with the local community. By ensuring that we source maricultured Indonesian corals from ethical and responsible suppliers, the local villagers have been encouraged to keep their beach so pristine that it is now an officially protected turtle-nesting beach.