[VIDEO: In the video player above, learn where to spot the best sunsets in NE Ohio.] (WJW) – A huge sea turtle named “Patricia” has recently surfaced. Researchers have been tracking the 1,318-pound, ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Earlier this year, the Western Pacific leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) left a nesting site in the Solomon Islands and dove 4,409 feet (1,344 meters) beneath the ocean surface, according to the ...

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 ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.

Out of the thousands of sea turtle hatchlings emerging from the sand and shuffling toward the ocean around Florida, only 40 were leatherbacks from a Sanibel Island clutch laid by their mammoth mama on ...

Mention ping and shark aficionados — you know who you are — and they immediately know to turn to Ocearch to check the location and track their favorite shark. White shark, tiger shark, hammerhead, ...

Sea turtle nesting season along the southeastern U.S. coast has begun with unusual early activity. In North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a rare leatherback made a ‘false crawl,’ while Georgia and South ...

For eastern Pacific populations of leatherback turtles, the 21st century could be the last. New research suggests that climate change could exacerbate existing threats and nearly wipe out the ...

Dermochelys coriacea, also known as the leatherback sea turtle, is considered the largest living turtle species, with a length of 2.4 meters and an average weight of about 900 kilograms (around 2,000 ...