Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

This massive marine reptile, weighing around 600kg and with a shell up to two metres long ... dark colour with white and pink spots. Leatherback turtles undertake an enormous migration from ...

The leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle species, with adults reaching lengths of up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) and weights exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg). Instead of a bony shell like what ...

"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks migrating," researcher Chris Sasso said.

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle ... can grow as large as nearly 2 meters long. The species is the largest sea turtle that migrates in tropical and ...

"Leatherback turtles are a more common sight around the Cornish coast, for example, where the waters are warmer and deeper," he said. "But we have never heard of one being found along the east coast." ...

After two months, white-striped leatherback hatchlings emerge from the nest. Hatchlings make their way to the ocean, orienting themselves toward the brightest direction, which on natural, undeveloped ...

Costa Rica. April 2005.- WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback turtle in Junquillal Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This community-based conservation project ...

If trends continue, the review found, U.S. leatherback sea turtles in the Atlantic will decline by half within 30 years. Pacific annual nest counts at the two most important beaches (Jamursba-Medi and ...