While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat ... A mix of male and female hatchlings occurs when the nest temperature is approximately ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... During the nesting season, however, female leatherbacks return to the same tropical and subtropical beaches where they were ...

Black and gleaming in the moonlight, each female drags herself from the ... Unlike the massive, overhanging shell of other sea turtles, the leatherback's flexible, formfitting carapace merges ...