Dive into crystal blue water by day and help protect the nesting Leatherback turtles by night. Pair vacation with the deep satisfaction of helping to protect and conserve an endangered species like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's rendering of Ueloca colemanorum exhibiting the deep-diving behavior characteristic of leatherback sea turtles. (Photo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

A family from Mobile found the fossil of a newly discovered genus of the endangered leatherback sea turtle along a riverbank in south Alabama. And thanks to a series of events that unfolded over the ...

For eastern Pacific populations of leatherback turtles, the 21st century could be the last. New research suggests that climate change could exacerbate existing threats and nearly wipe out the ...

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

The majestic leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle in the world, growing to more than 6 feet in length. It is also one of the most threatened. A major new study of migration patterns has ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. These gargantuan sea turtles look like behemoths from a bygone age, which ...

The accepted scientific theory is that humans depend on the ecosystem to purify the environment and the different species are required to keep the ecosystem intact. When certain species become ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. These ...