A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle casualty of the summer and serving as a timely reminder for boaters to be ...

Cape Cod has become an unexpected hotspot for a troubling sea turtle trend – and researchers say the evidence is floating ...

Cornwall Wildlife Trust said they received reports of a stranded leatherback turtle at a beach [BBC] A leatherback turtle died after getting caught up in a fishing pot line, a wildlife trust has said.

Leatherback sea turtles are the biggest sea turtle species, which can weigh over 1 ton, but they are also one of the most threatened.

Anyone who finds a stranded or injured sea turtle should immediately report it by calling 1-866-TURTLE-5, which connects to ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — For the first time in 16 years, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings emerged from a nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. The hatchlings came from a nest on ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A group in Brevard County got to experience quite the sight when a leatherback sea turtle mother recently nested on a beach during broad daylight. A woman named Shelly ...

Members of Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program have documented two rare leatherback sea turtle nests on local beaches—the first since 2001, when the only other ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

There are a few theories about why sea turtles make occasional excursions into very deep (> 1000 m) waters of the bathyal zone. These involve escape from predation, thermoregulation, and prey ...

Sea turtle nest monitors along the Sanibel and Captiva beaches happened upon a rare sighting during a nighttime survey Sunday night. Workers with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation spotted ...

SANTA CRUZ — The number of leatherback turtles that feed in Central California waters has declined by 80% during the last two decades, according to new research out of the National Oceanic and ...