The National Seashore says female leatherbacks typically lay between 4-8 clutches in a season, nesting approximately every 10 ...

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth, growing up to seven feet long and exceeding 2,000 pounds. These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that ...

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 ...

HABITAT: Leatherbacks are deep-water turtles but also forage in coastal waters. Temperature adaptations allow this species to travel to far northern and southern reaches of the world's oceans — areas ...

The Pacific leatherbacks are most at risk of extinction, with both Eastern Pacific and Western Pacific leatherbacks continuing to decline. Key nesting habitats in the Eastern Pacific are in Mexico ...

“Protecting the state’s ocean to save leatherbacks benefits not only sea turtles, but whales and people too. The California Endangered Species Act will ensure that leatherbacks’ decline gets the ...

The injured reptile was transferred to a marine wildlife hospital for treatment of an infected limb entangled in fishing lines.

However, other species, like Donna Shello, are global travellers. According to Hays, the number of leatherbacks is declining in many places because they are wandering all over the oceans chasing ...

Here, travelers can witness this surreal scene starring leatherbacks, loggerheads and the endangered Atlantic green turtle on nightly tours led by licensed guides. Thailand's wet season ...

Using satellite tags, the team, which this year included an aquarium biologist, collects data on leatherback reproductive behaviors and patterns, including nest dispersal (where leatherbacks lay ...

Marine turtles spend almost their entire lives at sea – but little is known about the paths they take. Now, satellites are ...