"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks ...

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 ...

The turtle's body has been taken to the Natural History Museum for further investigation A leatherback turtle weighing about a quarter of a tonne (250kg) has been found washed up near an Essex river.

After tagging olive ridley turtles with flipper tags on the beaches of Ratnagiri, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has ...

According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...

A "vulnerable" leatherback turtle badly entangled in trawler gear has been rescued by a fisherman. The turtle was attached to a "heavy solid buoy" and "would have died" had it not been cut free on ...

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 ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests. Costa Rica. April 2005.- WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback ...

Bleakney recognized it as a leatherback, the biggest of all sea turtles. Leatherbacks, he recalled, were supposed to be creatures of the tropics, as out of place in chilly, gray Canadian waters as ...

The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk, a new study shows. The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk because their migratory routes in the Atlantic ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to protect leatherback sea turtles as endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The commission acted on the ...