Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

At that depth, the leatherback swam deeper than the current Guinness World Record for the deepest turtle dive — 4,199 ... commonly take this eastern migration route, while peak season nesters ...

Nearly 90,000 sea turtle hatchlings emerged from nests laid on coastal beaches in North Carolina this year. Officials with ...

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 ...

Six sea turtles got a little lost when they were blown thousands of miles from their migration route. Being in unknown territory could have been deadly, but they found some help to get back home.

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration ... kneeling in the sand beside a leatherback sea turtle. Like a giant mango with wings ...

WASHINGTON— A new review of leatherback sea turtle science concludes that seven distinct populations of leatherback sea turtles face a high extinction risk. The National Marine Fisheries Service and U ...

They found some male leatherback and green sea turtles this year, which differs from previous years when they usually discovered nearly all female hatchlings. “By monitoring nest temperatures ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...