Individuals can help protect leatherback sea turtles by supporting conservation organizations, reducing plastic use, and participating in beach cleanups. Every action contributes to the preservation ...

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 on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Due to being reptiles, many sea turtles can’t strictly regulate their own body temperatures like mammals or birds can. The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to being able to ...

The Nigerian social media space has been buzzing over the last few hours after a video of a massive sea animal was brought ashore by some Ìlàjẹ́ fishermen. According to reports and the interaction ...

Since sea turtles and iguanas are reptiles, they are not able to strictly regulate their body temperature the way that birds and mammals can. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea ...

The past decade has seen an increase in the number of leatherback turtles feeding in our waters - but they are also in trouble. Peter Langlands is a conservationist, freelance writer and photographer ...

1000m - depth to which Leatherbacks can dive 110 million - years that it is believed Leatherbacks have been on the planet 540kg - potential weight of a typical Leatherback ...

Close up image of a baby sea turtle on a beach. Generated using DALLE-E by Linnea at AATG. The journey begins on the sandy beaches of Florida’s East Coast, from the Canaveral National Seashore to the ...

Rescue teams brought the cold-stunned sea turtles to Panama City Beach to warm up. Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were pulled by biologists from the frigid waters of St. Joseph Bay in Florida ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission documented over 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtle rescues within six days. Florida’s northern coast was recently hit with a rare cold weather ...