A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season officially starts on May 1 in ...

This is only the sixth leatherback sea turtle to nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore since records have been kept. Nests were found last year and in 2012, 2009, 2007 and 2004.

SCCF documented the first sea turtle nest of 2024 on Sanibel and Captiva and the first nest from a leatherback on Sanibel in four years.

A rare and endangered leatherback sea turtle has been found washed up on a beach, with wildlife officers unsure what caused its death. The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, a research ...

Researchers estimated the probability of flooding under moderate and high greenhouse gas emission scenarios could impact 2,835 sea turtle nest locations within seven breeding grounds between 2010 ...

This 700-pound leatherback sea turtle carcass was found on a Martha's Vineyard beach on June 16. The female turtle was likely at least older than 15 years, scientists said.

A leatherback sea turtle is swimming free after finding itself in a twisted situation. "Phinney" was freed by some helpful humans from a tangle of fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Now, the six-foot ...

A rescue team successfully disentangled a 400-pound leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay Sunday, likely saving the animal’s life. The turtle was found by boaters off the coast of Wellfleet and ...

Animals Charter crew rescues Leatherback sea turtle Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtles on the planet. They can grow to be about 6 feet long and weigh close to a ton.

First a federal review of leatherback science concluded that all seven populations face a high extinction risk. So we're happy that weeks after this announcement, in response to a petition from the ...

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season officially starts on May 1 in ...