A rare visitor is making waves both in the ocean and along the South Carolina coast.A leatherback sea turtle was spotted in ...

Leatherback sea turtles are the largest species of sea turtle in the world and are considered endangered. They were ...

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

Sea turtles spend most of their lives roaming the planet's oceans, traveling thousands of miles for ideal feeding and ...

Just after 3 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, a 4.5-foot-long leatherback sea turtle covered her freshly dug nest with sand, sweeping and packing it into place with steady strokes of her flippers just ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

A global survey of 48 sea turtle populations shows recovery in over half the regions studied. Atlantic sea turtle populations are rebounding faster than those in the Pacific. Leatherback turtles ...

Along the coast of Gabon, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings are fighting long odds just to reach the ocean. Artificial lights, logging debris, and beach erosion already threaten their survival at ...

With big patterns in the sand, a leatherback turtle left a nest in Ormond Beach that was discovered on April 10.

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Wildlife Development has recorded a rare sighting of a critically endangered leatherback sea turtle in the Red Sea, about 30 kilometers off Al-Qunfudhah ...