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 ...

Despite the good news, the problem of sea turtles dying after accidentally becoming entangled in fishing gear remains a major ...

The leather turtles once nested across the shores of mainland Indian, but lately their habitats have shifted to only the ...

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 ...

This scene of the Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs in the sands of Satellite Beach was seen at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 7.

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 ...