While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat ... area of sand that makes detection by predators difficult, and finally returning ...

This dog can find rare sea turtle nests—shockingly successfully This dog can find rare sea turtle nests—shockingly successfully Help save sea turtles in Trinidad and Tobago Help save sea ...

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 ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... face a perilous journey from the nest to the ocean, dodging predators like crabs and seabirds. Surviving hatchlings spend ...

If cold-stunned sea turtles aren’t rescued from the low temperatures, they can develop harmful health conditions or even die ...

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 ...

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.