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) ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A sea turtle hatchling was recovered and released into the wild in the Florida Keys. Liberty, a leatherback sea turtle, had an injured flipper that wasn’t allowing her to swim ...

On the Pearl Islands, a Panamanian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, researchers and volunteers, led by marine conservation biologist Callie Veelenturf, are fitting turtles with satellite tags. Part ...

As Florida's nesting season draws to a close, sea turtles have broken records both with the number of nests built and hatchlings.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys ...

Two leatherback turtle nests were found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore in one season for the first time in over 20 years, the North Carolina park said. Photo from J. Walker via the National Park ...

Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California. NOAA Fisheries officials said ...

In a doubly rare discovery, eggs from large, jellyfish-eating sea creatures were found on an Outer Banks beach in North Carolina. One nest is uncommon enough, but for the first time since ...