To find out, scientists from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) put some hatchlings on a treadmill. It is believed that sea turtle hatchlings instinctively move toward a bright low horizon and away ...

To determine how well the sea turtle hatchlings could perform after their walk on the treadmill, the hatchlings swam in a small tank using a specially designed swimsuit. Researchers measured ...

That is one determined baby sea turtle. On a beach right after hatching, that would be called a crawling frenzy. In a lab, on a little treadmill made from a belt sander, it’s a test of stamina.

Then, the researchers placed the turtles one at a time on a miniature treadmill they'd created in a laboratory, with an artificial light source at the front that attracted the animals in that ...

They then exercised each turtle in the lab using a custom-built herp treadmill with a light suspended in front of the device to attract the little critters. In one test, they simulated the long ...

The turtles are snatched up right away and go to the lab where they're on a treadmill. Do they get a rest before you release them? They were held at a nearby nature center that we work with.

Over the years, they have put live turkeys, mutilated cats, dead turtles and various other animals on treadmill-style machines to delve into the secrets of life. Wayne State University stuck flies ...