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 ...

Pilot Martial Ngangnang readies the NOAA Twin Otter on Wednesday for an aerial survey for leatherback turtles. As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott ...

The numbers are mostly in for this year's turtle season on the island and while there were fewer loggerhead nests compared to last season, the counts were up for green and leatherback turtles.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An enormous leatherback turtle, which witnesses guessed to be between 500 and 1,000 pounds, washed up on the shore of Hanna Park beach in Jacksonville early Sunday morning.

'What we see in sea turtles is that they actually follow the same tracks in where they nest and where they find food,' Daniel Evans says This is the season when populations of sea turtles come back to ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Two Leatherback sea turtle nests were found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, marking the first time in decades two nests were found on the seashore in one season, according to ...

A rare and endangered leatherback sea turtle has been found washed up on a beach, with wildlife officers unsure what caused its death. The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, a research program, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

St. Johns County saw a slight drop in total sea turtle nests reported this season compared with 2020, but a local turtle hospital has seen a busier year thus far. Sea turtle nesting season takes place ...

For most sea turtles, the journey to find the ocean from their nests is pretty straightforward. However, leatherback hatchlings more often crawl around in circles trying to find the ocean. Circling ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — She laid her eggs early and laid claim to a new record. A female leatherback sea turtle made history Tuesday as the earliest to lay a nest in the 17 years since the Indian River ...

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...