Although the leatherback turtle is not zoologically part of the sea turtle family ... and the targeted hunting of the animals ...

Suriname's Braamspunt Beach is an important nesting spot for threatened leatherback, green, and olive ridley sea turtles ... also struggle against intense hunting, Mongabay explained.

The discovery of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle has veterinarians and sea turtle conservationists worried many more of its kind will swim north because of climate change. “Sometimes we see leatherback ...