If you could peer inside the mouth and throat of a leatherback sea turtle, you would find something intriguing. Their tongue ...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key as volunteers resume daily early morning patrols.

Leatherback sea turtles usually start nesting early. The sea turtle nesting season doesn't officially start until May 1.

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 ...

Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway along the North Carolina coast.The Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol says the ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.

The sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 through October 31. Staff and volunteers from Mote Marine found a record number of nests in 2025.

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 ...

When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — ...

A mama turtle has impressed researchers after making a rare 7,000-mile journey in seven months, swimming from the warm waters of Panama to the North Atlantic before returning to Florida. Riptide, a ...

As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott Benson knows a thing or two about the species: They’re ancient, massive and tricky to spot. Benson, a research ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...