Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is ... between breeding and feeding areas of any sea turtle, averaging 3,700 miles each way.

So a few animals retain primitive systems with the sole purpose of measuring ambient light—of which the most unusual is the leatherback sea turtle ... some corals cycle reproduction by the ...

only seven came from leatherback turtles, according to the county's turtle nest dashboard. “With water temperatures expected to warm up quickly in the next couple months, hundreds of sea turtles ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season ...

According to Wan Zuriana Wan Sulaiman, Turtle Conservation project manager at the Marine Conservation and Research ...

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.

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 ...