A giant leatherback sea turtle got a personal escort back to the open ocean after taking a wrong turn into boat traffic.

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat ... debris mistaken for their favorite food: jellyfish. Some individuals have been found ...

Either way, the food shortage seems to have made the leatherback population in the eastern Pacific all the more vulnerable to pressure from poachers and fishermen, and the turtles there are now a ...

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing ... The juvenile turtle apparently mistook the bags for food when it came across them floating in the sea.

The species is the largest sea turtle that migrates in tropical ... appeared to be bite marks of the leatherback, indicating it mistook the waste for food. However, the cause of death remains ...

could disrupt the marine ecosystem and eventually pose a risk to food security. Referring to the domino effect caused by the extinction of leatherback turtles, she highlighted the surge in the ...

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 ...