The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks ...

The world's largest turtle species, which are known as leatherback turtles, occasionally visits British Water. Their ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests. Costa Rica. April 2005.- WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback ...

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.

Since sea turtles and iguanas are reptiles, they are not able to strictly regulate their body temperature the way that birds and mammals can. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea ...

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 ...