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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A dead leatherback sea turtle has washed up at a beach in Cornwall following Storm Ciarán. Experts described it as an "unusual stranding", while staff who work at Perranporth Beach said it was ...

Between October 2020 and February 2021, 18 nests of leatherback turtles – which can grow up to 400 kilograms as an adult and are the largest species of sea turtles – were found in Phuket.

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.

Sea turtles, known for their varied habitats, are found from the warm tropical shores to the colder, temperate waters, ...

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, ...