As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

where The Nature Conservancy's local community rangers protect sea turtles and their eggs from poaching and predators. The record-breaking leatherback laid her eggs at the Sasakolo nesting beach.

Leatherbacks are long-distance seasonal migrants to Irish waters, and migrate to temperate waters for feeding and then return to the tropics to find a mate and to nest. Although they are rarely seen ...

These massive sea turtles migrate from Indonesia and then along the West Coast ... the sablefish pot fishery is expected to kill or injure about 1.9 leatherback sea turtles every five years. Between ...

Oakley said that for the first time, conservationists found a leatherback sea turtle nest on Pinellas County beaches – and many of the eggs hatched. It was the first nesting season with three species ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles, ...

AN EXTREMELY rare turtle was found washed up on popular Dublin beach yesterday. Fingal County Council has confirmed that a turtle believed to be a leatherback, was found washed up on Portmarnock ...

Fingal County Council has confirmed what is believed to be a leatherback turtle has been found after being washed up on ...

Leatherback sea turtle at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge ... the largest turtle and largest living non-crocodilian in the world — as they migrate from Indonesia to feed on jellyfish in the ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.