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 ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

One late summer day in 1961 a biologist named Sherman Bleakney got a telephone call about a strange sea ... leatherback uses its longer flippers exclusively as wings. "It's almost pure underwater ...

A giant leatherback sea turtle was ... The tags allow the turtle to be detected for up to ten years by a vast array of underwater receivers that stretch from Canada to Florida.

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles ...

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea ...

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.

The turtle's body has been taken to the Natural History Museum for further investigation A leatherback turtle weighing ... which records the discovery of sea creatures such as whales, porpoises ...

The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk ... Maps of the daily locations of the turtles revealed that Atlantic leatherbacks use both deep sea international waters (more than ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests. Costa Rica ... and the construction and operation of a sea turtle hatchery, where eggs are brought ...